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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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 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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Cutaneous cryptococcosis in solid organ transplant recipients. Med Mycol. 2010 Sep; 48(6):785-91.
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Acute wound closure and reconstruction following head zygomycosis: presentation of two cases and review of literature. J Reconstr Microsurg. 2008 Oct; 24(7):507-13.
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Diffusion-weighted imaging of fungal cerebral infection. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2005 May; 26(5):1115-21.
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Isolated primary intracerebral mycetoma: presenting as a mass lesion in a patient with prostate cancer and multiple myeloma. J Neurooncol. 2005 Jan; 71(1):49-52.
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Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis due to a novel species: report of a case and review of the literature. Transplantation. 2001 May 15; 71(9):1343-6.