Isolated Histoplasma capsulatum meningoencephalitis in an immunocompetent child

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 532-535

  Threlkeld, Zachary D ^a   Broughton, Robert ^b   Khan, Gulam Q ^a   Berger, Joseph R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

encephalitis; fungal meningitis; histoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CEFTRIAXONE; FUNGUS ANTIBODY; GLUCOSE; ITRACONAZOLE; LACTIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DROWSINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GRAM STAINING; HEADACHE; HEARING LOSS; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; LEUKOCYTE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SLURRED SPEECH; SPECTROSCOPY; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING; WEAKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 84859302970     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073811428780     Document Type: Article

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