Outcomes of persons with blastomycosis involving the central nervous system

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 175-181

  Bush, Jonathan W ^a   Wuerz, Terry ^a   Embil, John M ^a   Del Bigio, Marc R ^a   McDonald, Patrick J ^a   Krawitz, Sherry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blastomyces dermatitidis; Blastomycosis; Central nervous system

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHILD; CHILL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; FOCAL NEUROLOGIC DEFICIT; GRANULOMA; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; TISSUE CULTURE;

AMPHOTERICIN B; AZOLES; BIOPSY; BLASTOMYCES; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PYRIMIDINES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 84877830962     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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