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Meningitis caused by Pseudallescheria boydii.
We present a 43-year-old immunocompetent man who developed meningitis caused by Pseudallescheria boydii. The patient had no history of near drowning, trauma, steroid administration, operations or any other underlying systemic disease. He presented with intermittent fever associated with headache, bilateral eye pain, and vomiting. Progressive hydrocephalus was noted during the course of the dise...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0814-9763,1440-1606
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1992.tb00949.x