Fungal cerebral abscess in a diabetic patient successfully treated with surgery followed by prolonged antifungal therapy.

Yampolsky, Claudio; Corti, Marcelo; Negroni, Ricardo

Yampolsky, Claudio; Corti, Marcelo; Negroni, Ricardo.

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Yampolsky C; Department of Infectious Diseases, F.J. Muñiz Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina. claudioyampolsky@fibertel.com.ar

Rev Iberoam Micol ; 27(1): 6-9, 2010 Mar 31.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20189857

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Amphotericin B/therapeutic use; Antifungal Agents/therapeutic use; Brain Abscess/surgery; Candidiasis/surgery; Craniotomy; Deoxycholic Acid/therapeutic use; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications; Fluconazole/therapeutic use; Parietal Lobe/microbiology; Amphotericin B/administration & dosage; Brain Abscess/complications; Brain Abscess/drug therapy; Candida albicans/isolation & purification; Candidiasis/complications; Candidiasis/drug therapy; Combined Modality Therapy; Deoxycholic Acid/administration & dosage; Drug Combinations; Drug Therapy, Combination; Fluconazole/administration & dosage; Humans; Hyphae/isolation & purification; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Mannitol/therapeutic use; Middle Aged; Psoas Abscess/complications; Psoas Abscess/microbiology

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Parietal Lobe / Brain Abscess / Candidiasis / Fluconazole / Amphotericin B / Craniotomy / Deoxycholic Acid / Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Antifungal Agents Type of study: Prognostic_studies Limits: Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Rev Iberoam Micol Journal subject: MICROBIOLOGIA Year: 2010 Type: Article Affiliation country: Argentina

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