Rhodotorula mucilaginosa associacted meningitis: A subacute entity with high mortality. Case report and review

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 usu...

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Main Authors: Tsiodras, Sotirios, Papageorgiou, Sotirios, Meletiadis, Joseph, Tofas, Polydoros, Pappa, Vasiliki, Panayiotides, John, Karakitsos, Petros, Armaganidis, Apostolos, Petrikkos, George
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4216385/

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