Disseminated cladophialophora bantiana disease in a patient with prediabetes

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Mansour, Anas ^a   Jordan, Kim ^a  

^a RIVERSIDE METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMPHOTERICIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; FLUCYTOSINE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; POSACONAZOLE; PROTEIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BIOPSY; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANDIDIASIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLADOSPORIOSIS; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; GRANULOMA; HEMOPTYSIS; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LEG ULCER; LETHARGY; LUNG NODULE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALAISE; MALE; MYCOSIS; NECROTISING GRANULOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; SEIZURE; SEPTIC SHOCK; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; SUDANESE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TACHYCARDIA; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; URINE CULTURE; YOUNG ADULT; BRAIN ABSCESS; CEREBRAL PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; FATALITY; MICROBIOLOGY;

BRAIN ABSCESS; CEREBRAL PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PREDIABETIC STATE; SHOCK, SEPTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84934300207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2014-206426     Document Type: Article

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