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Pseudallescheria boydii infection of the brain: imaging with pathologic confirmation
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Pseudallescheria boydii infection of the brain: imaging with pathologic confirmation
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol.
1996 Mar.
Abstract
Pseudallescheria boydii is a rare opportunistic microorganism that usually infects immunosuppressed hosts. In this patient with cerebral infection by P boydii, imaging findings included enhancement of the ependyma of a lateral ventricle and of the caudate nucleus.
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