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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Autores principales: Suchanda, B, Alugolu, Rajesh, Purohit, AK, Lakshmi, V, Sundaram, C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
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
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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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