Pseudallescheria boydii Brain Abscess Successfully Treated with Voriconazole and Surgical Drainage: Case Report and Literature Review of Central Nervous System Pseudallescheriasis
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- 1 September 2000
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 31 (3) , 673-677
- https://doi.org/10.1086/314042
Abstract
Pseudallescheria boydii and its asexual form, Scedosporium apiospermum, are ubiquitous, saprophytic fungi that commonly cause cutaneous infection. HoKeywords
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