Sporobolomyces roseus in the cerebrospinal fluid of an immunocompetent patient - to treat or not to treat?

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 295-296

  McNicholas, S ^a,b   McDermott, H ^b   Power, L ^b   Johnson, E M ^c   Moroney, J ^b   Humphreys, H ^a,b   Smyth, E G ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; COCAINE; GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENINGITIS; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROBOLOMYCES ROSEUS; SYMPTOM; YEAST;

ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84855947248     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.036293-0     Document Type: Article

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