Meningitis Caused by Candida Dubliniensis in a Patient with Cirrhosis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Mycopathologia

Volumn 181, Issue 7-8, 2016, Pages 589-593

  Yamahiro, Atsuko ^a   Lau, K H Vincent ^a   Peaper, David R ^a   Villanueva, Merceditas ^b  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida dubliniensis; Cirrhosis; Fungal meningitis; Hydrocephalus; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCYTOSINE;

BRAIN; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHRONIC HEPATITIS C; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FATALITY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRAIN; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FATAL OUTCOME; FLUCYTOSINE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84962009418     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: 15730832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-016-0006-7     Document Type: Article

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