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DOI: 10.4103/2348-0548.190076
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Fusarium co-infection in a patient of tubercular meningitis

Ravinder Kaur
1   Department of Microbiology, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Hospitals, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi, India
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Pragyan S. Panda
1   Department of Microbiology, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Hospitals, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi, India
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05 May 2018 (online)

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Abstract

Fusarium is a common soil fungus and it can cause serious illness in humans. Fusariosis is usually more invasive and disseminated in immune compromised individuals. We report a rare case of concomitant Fusarium meningitis in a patient with tubercular meningitis.

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Co-infection - Fusarium - tubercular meningitis
 

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