Iatrogenic Exserohilum infection of the central nervous system: Mycological identification and histopathological findings

Modern Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 166-170

  Robert Bell, W ^a   Dalton, Justin B ^a   McCall, Chad M ^a   Karram, Sarah ^a   Pearce, David T ^a   Memon, Warda ^a   Lee, Richard ^a   Carroll, Karen C ^a   Lyons, Jennifer L ^a   Gireesh, Elakkat D ^a   Trivedi, Julie B ^a   Cettomai, Deanna ^a   Smith, Bryan R ^a   Chang, Tiffany ^a   Tochen, Laura ^a   Ratchford, John N ^a   Harrison, Daniel M ^a   Ostrow, Lyle W ^a   Stevens, Robert D ^a   Chen, Li ^a   Zhang, Sean X ^a   more..

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

epidural steroids; Exserohilum rostratum; Fungal meningitis; methylprednisolone; outbreak; vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; ITRACONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; RIBOSOME DNA; VORICONAZOLE;

ANASTOMOSIS; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICAL SPINE; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; EXSEROHILUM ROSTRATUM; EXSEROHILUM ROSTRATUM MENINGITIS; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NECK PAIN; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS;

EID: 84873412633     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2012.208     Document Type: Article

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