Imaging spectrum of CNS coccidioidomycosis: Prevalence and significance of concurrent brain and spinal disease

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 200, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1334-1346

  Lammering, Jeanne C ^a   Iv, Michael ^a   Gupta, Nidhi ^a   Pandit, Rajul ^a   Patel, Mahesh R ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Coccidioidal meningitis; Coccidioidomycosis; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCURRENT INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MYCELIUM; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE DISEASE; BRAIN DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DISEASES; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880962114     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.9264     Document Type: Article

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