Central Nervous System Fungal Infections
"Central Nervous System Fungal Infections" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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MYCOSES of the brain, spinal cord, and meninges which may result in ENCEPHALITIS; MENINGITIS, FUNGAL; MYELITIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; and EPIDURAL ABSCESS. Certain types of fungi may produce disease in immunologically normal hosts, while others are classified as opportunistic pathogens, causing illness primarily in immunocompromised individuals (e.g., ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME).
| Descriptor ID |
D020314
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.703.181 C10.228.228.198
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| Concept/Terms |
Central Nervous System Fungal Infections- Central Nervous System Fungal Infections
- Infections, Fungal, Central Nervous System
- Central Nervous System Mycoses
- Fungal Infections, Central Nervous System
- Mycoses, Central Nervous System
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Central Nervous System Fungal Infections" by people in Profiles.
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Intracranial Rhizomucor Pusillus Mucormycosis in an Adolescent Triggering a Stroke Alert: A Case Report and a Systematic Review of Pediatric Cases. J Child Neurol. 2025 Sep; 40(8):678-685.
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Central Nervous System Histoplasmosis: A Retrospective Review of Clinical Characteristics, Treatments and Outcomes With Comparison to Disseminated Histoplasmosis Without Central Nervous System Involvement. Mycoses. 2025 May; 68(5):e70068.
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Intracranial invasive mycosis mimicking hepatic encephalopathy in a patient with cirrhosis. BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Nov 26; 12(11).
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An unusual cause of diarrhea in an immunocompromised patient. Scedosporium apiospermum colitis and brain abscess. Gastroenterology. 2013 Sep; 145(3):519, 697-8.
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Cerebral Scedosporium apiospermum infection presenting with intestinal manifestations. Infection. 2013 Jun; 41(3):723-6.
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Neuroimaging of pediatric intracranial infection--part 2: TORCH, viral, fungal, and parasitic infections. J Neuroimaging. 2012 Apr; 22(2):e52-63.
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Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis caused by ladophialophora bantiana and Fonsecaea monophora: report of three cases. Clin Neuropathol. 2007 Jan-Feb; 26(1):21-7.
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Blastomycosis: organ involvement and etiologic diagnosis. A review of 123 patients from Mississippi. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2000 Dec; 4(6):391-406.