Unsuccessful Treatment with Voriconazole of a Brain Abscess due to Cladophialophora bantiana

Alberto Fica Sección Infectología, Hospital Clínico U. de Chile, SantiagoCorrespondence[email protected]

Maria-cristina Diaz Programa de Microbiología, Facultad Medicina U. de Chile, Santiago

Mario Luppi Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Clínico U. de Chile, Santiago

Roberto Olivares Departamento Neurología y Neurocirugía, Hospital Clínico U. de Chile, Santiago

Lia Saez Sección Infectología, Hospital Clínico U. de Chile, Santiago

Marcos Baboor Programa de Microbiología, Facultad Medicina U. de Chile, Santiago

Patricio Vasquez Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Clínico U. de Chile, Santiago

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