Central Nervous System Fungal Infections
"Central Nervous System Fungal Infections" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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MYCOSES of the brain, spinal cord, and meninges which may result in ENCEPHALITIS; MENINGITIS, FUNGAL; MYELITIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; and EPIDURAL ABSCESS. Certain types of fungi may produce disease in immunologically normal hosts, while others are classified as opportunistic pathogens, causing illness primarily in immunocompromised individuals (e.g., ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME).
| Descriptor ID |
D020314
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.703.181 C10.228.228.198
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| Concept/Terms |
Central Nervous System Fungal Infections- Central Nervous System Fungal Infections
- Infections, Fungal, Central Nervous System
- Central Nervous System Mycoses
- Fungal Infections, Central Nervous System
- Mycoses, Central Nervous System
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Central Nervous System Fungal Infections" by people in Profiles.
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Saini J, Gupta RK, Jain KK. Intracranial infections: key neuroimaging findings. Semin Roentgenol. 2014 Jan; 49(1):86-98.
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Hornbeek H, Ackerman BH, Reigart CL, Stair-Buchmann M, Guilday RE, Patton ML, Haith LR. Pseudallescheria boydii infection of the brain. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2012 Jun; 13(3):179-80.
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De Yao JT, Al-Ameri A, Garcia-Manero G, Quint?s-Cardama A. Infrequent presentations of mucormycosis in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome and acute leukemia: case series and review of literature. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2011 Oct; 11(5):446-51.
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Jabeen K, Farooqi J, Zafar A, Jamil B, Mahmood SF, Ali F, Saeed N, Barakzai A, Ahmed A, Khan E, Brandt ME, Hasan R. Rhinocladiella mackenziei as an emerging cause of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis in Pakistan: a case series. Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Jan 15; 52(2):213-7.
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Singh H, Irwin S, Falowski S, Rosen M, Kenyon L, Jungkind D, Evans J. Curvularia fungi presenting as a large cranial base meningioma: case report. Neurosurgery. 2008 Jul; 63(1):E177; discussion E177.
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Jain KK, Mittal SK, Kumar S, Gupta RK. Imaging features of central nervous system fungal infections. Neurol India. 2007 Jul-Sep; 55(3):241-50.
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Rumboldt Z, Thurnher MM, Gupta RK. Central nervous system infections. Semin Roentgenol. 2007 Apr; 42(2):62-91.