TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - CNS infection caused by Pseudallescheria boydii in a near-drowning traveller from a traffic accident
JO  - Journal of travel medicine
A1  - Wang, Xin-Yu
A1  - Yu, Sheng-Lei
A1  - Chen, Shu
A1  - Zhang, Wen-Hong
SP  - e018
EP  - e018
VL  - 23
IS  - 2
N2  - <p>A healthy 32-year-old backpacker experienced a motorcycle accident without helmet on a country road when he was travelling in Jiangxi Province, Eastern China. He fell into a roadside ditch and aspirated some polluted water. The traveller was rescued in a local hospital. The computer tomography of the skull showed multiple fractures (Figure 1A). A month later, his temperature rose to 39.1°C, and headache got worse. He was transferred to the referral hospital and lumber puncture was performed. Analysis of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) showed an elevated white cells count and total protein level. Magnetic resonance imaging of the head revealed enhancement and thickening of the choroid plexus in the right lateral ventricle and the leptomeninges....</p>  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1195-1982
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jtm/tav018
ID  - ref1
ER  -