Relapse of fungal meningitis associated with contaminated methylprednisolone

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 26, 2013, Pages 2535-2536

  Smith, Rachel M ^a   Tipple, Margaret ^b   Chaudry, Muddasar N ^c   Schaefer, Melissa K ^a   Park, Benjamin J ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Lewis Gale Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; VORICONAZOLE;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMERGENCY CARE; EPIDEMIC; EXSEROHILUM ROSTRATUM; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RELAPSE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879359002     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1306560     Document Type: Letter

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