Rhodotorula mucilaginosa associacted meningitis: A subacute entity with high mortality. Case report and review
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Rhodotorula mucilaginosa associacted meningitis: A subacute entity with high mortality. Case report and review
A fatal case of meningitis due to Rhodotorula mucilaginosa in a 28 year-old HIV-negative male with a history of Hodgkin lymphoma who underwent salvage chemotherapy is presented. Reviewing the literature we identified 13 cases with central nervous system infection due Rhodotorula spp. The disease usually occurs in HIV negative immunosupressed middle-aged males. It takes the form of subacute or c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Mycology Case Reports
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2211-7539
DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.08.006