Meningitis caused by Absidia corymbifera

A 56-year-old man developed mucormycotic meningitis caused by Absidia corymbifera and which followed a penetrating head injury. Antibodies to it were detected in the cerebrospinal fluid at titres higher than those found in the serum, thereby suggesting local production of antibody in the subarachnoi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of infection 1988-11, Vol.17 (3), p.241,IN3,245-244,IN3,248
Hauptverfasser:	Mackenzie, D.W.R., Soothill, J.F., Millar, J.H.D.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Absidia corymbifera Antibodies, Fungal - analysis Antibodies, Fungal - cerebrospinal fluid Biological and medical sciences Cerebrospinal Fluid - microbiology Craniocerebral Trauma - complications Human mycoses Humans Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Meningitis - cerebrospinal fluid Meningitis - immunology Meningitis - microbiology Middle Aged Miscellaneous mycoses Mucorales - immunology Mucorales - isolation & purification Mucormycosis - cerebrospinal fluid Mucormycosis - immunology Mucormycosis - microbiology Mycoses Precipitin Tests Time Factors Wounds, Penetrating - complications
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Zusammenfassung:	A 56-year-old man developed mucormycotic meningitis caused by Absidia corymbifera and which followed a penetrating head injury. Antibodies to it were detected in the cerebrospinal fluid at titres higher than those found in the serum, thereby suggesting local production of antibody in the subarachnoid space.
ISSN:	0163-4453 1532-2742
DOI:	10.1016/S0163-4453(88)96570-X