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A rare concomitant tubercular and Fonsecaea pedrosoi fungal infection of the skull base
Tuberculosis of the skull base and middle ear cavity is very rare. Infection with neurotropic fungi Fonsecaea pedrosoi is rare, which usually presents as brain abscess. We herein present an unusual case of concomitant tuberculosis and fungal (Fonsecaea pedrosoi) infections involving the middle ear c...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3409996/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22865977 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.98237 |
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author | Suchanda, B Alugolu, Rajesh Purohit, AK Lakshmi, V Sundaram, C |
author_facet | Suchanda, B Alugolu, Rajesh Purohit, AK Lakshmi, V Sundaram, C |
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description | Tuberculosis of the skull base and middle ear cavity is very rare. Infection with neurotropic fungi Fonsecaea pedrosoi is rare, which usually presents as brain abscess. We herein present an unusual case of concomitant tuberculosis and fungal (Fonsecaea pedrosoi) infections involving the middle ear cleft extending and destroying the craniovertebral junction. |
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spelling | pubmed-34099962012-08-03 A rare concomitant tubercular and Fonsecaea pedrosoi fungal infection of the skull base Suchanda, B Alugolu, Rajesh Purohit, AK Lakshmi, V Sundaram, C J Neurosci Rural Pract Case Report Tuberculosis of the skull base and middle ear cavity is very rare. Infection with neurotropic fungi Fonsecaea pedrosoi is rare, which usually presents as brain abscess. We herein present an unusual case of concomitant tuberculosis and fungal (Fonsecaea pedrosoi) infections involving the middle ear cleft extending and destroying the craniovertebral junction. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3409996/ /pubmed/22865977 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.98237 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Suchanda, B Alugolu, Rajesh Purohit, AK Lakshmi, V Sundaram, C A rare concomitant tubercular and Fonsecaea pedrosoi fungal infection of the skull base |
title | A rare concomitant tubercular and Fonsecaea pedrosoi fungal infection of the skull base |
title_full | A rare concomitant tubercular and Fonsecaea pedrosoi fungal infection of the skull base |
title_fullStr | A rare concomitant tubercular and Fonsecaea pedrosoi fungal infection of the skull base |
title_full_unstemmed | A rare concomitant tubercular and Fonsecaea pedrosoi fungal infection of the skull base |
title_short | A rare concomitant tubercular and Fonsecaea pedrosoi fungal infection of the skull base |
title_sort | rare concomitant tubercular and fonsecaea pedrosoi fungal infection of the skull base |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3409996/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22865977 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.98237 |
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