Gilchrist disease of the central nervous system mimicking malignant brain neoplasm: A rare and fatal complication of blastomyces dermatitidis: Diagnostic and therapeutic challenge
Blastomycosis or “Gilchrist disease” is a deep mycosis due to a dimorphic fungus: “Blastomyces Dermatitidis (B.D).” It is a telluric fungus of the wooded areas of the Eastern North American continent, causing chronic granulomatous diseases, responsible for pulmonary manifestations due to the inhalat...
Main Authors: | Mehdi Borni, Houda Belmabrouk, Brahim Kammoun, Mohamed Zaher Boudawara |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-09-01
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Series: | Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751921001602 |
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