The first documented case of Candida dubliniensis leptomeningeal disease in an immunocompetent host

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Andrew, Nicholas Howard ^a   Ruberu, Ravi P ^a   Gabb, Genevieve ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; BRAIN PROTEIN; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; OLIGOCLONAL BAND; POSACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BONE BIOPSY; BONE PAIN; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIMB DYSESTHESIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NAUSEA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK ANOMALY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; VOMITING;

EID: 84860420802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.06.2011.4384     Document Type: Article

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