Brain abscess due to Cladophialophora bantiana: A review of 124 cases

Medical Mycology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 111-119

  Chakrabarti, Arunaloke ^a   Kaur, Harsimran ^a   Rudramurthy, Shivaprakash M ^a   Appannanavar, Suma B ^a   Patel, Atul ^b   Mukherjee, Kanchan K ^a   Ghosh, Anup ^a   Ray, Ujjwayini ^c  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Vedanta Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

^c Apollo Gleneagles Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

antifungal; brain abscess; Cladophialophora bantiana; phaeohyphomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANIDULAFUNGIN; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; POSACONAZOLE; RIBOSOME DNA; STEROID; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CLADOPHIALOPHORA BANTIANA; CLADOSPORIOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULOSIS; VISUAL DISORDER; VOMITING; ASCOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; BRAIN ABSCESS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84960337661     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myv091     Document Type: Article

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