Fungal Infections of the Central Nervous System

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 609-632

  Mathur, Mahan ^a   Johnson, Carl E ^b   Sze, Gordon ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess; Central nervous system; Cerebritis; Fungal infection; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENCEPHALITIS; GRANULOMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCOSIS; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINUSITIS; VASCULITIS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRAIN; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MENINGITIS, FUNGAL; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84868259933     PISSN: 10525149     EISSN: 15579867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2012.04.004     Document Type: Review

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