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Infections > Bacterial Infections and Mycoses > Mycoses > Central Nervous System Fungal Infections
Infections > Central Nervous System Infections > Central Nervous System Fungal Infections
Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Infections > Central Nervous System Fungal Infections

Preferred term

Central Nervous System Fungal Infections  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Central Nervous System Mycoses
  • CNS Fungal Infection
  • CNS Fungal Infections
  • Fungal Infection, CNS
  • Fungal Infections, Central Nervous System
  • Fungal Infections, CNS
  • Infection, CNS Fungal
  • Infections, CNS Fungal
  • Infections, Fungal, Central Nervous System
  • Mycoses, Central Nervous System

Note

  • coord IM with precoord fungal infection (IM) and specific site/dis term (IM) if pertinent

Scope note

  • 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).

History note

  • 2000

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020314

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