article_metadata: Larry E Davis Guy Cook J William Costerton
article_metadata: 10.3201/eid0804.010103
article_metadata: Emerg Infect Dis
article_metadata: 2002 Apr;8(4):376-9.
article_metadata: CC BY
article_metadata: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11971770/
article_metadata: Biofilms / growth & development Equipment Contamination Meningitis, Fungal / drug therapy Meningitis, Fungal / microbiology Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / adverse effects
article_metadata: Biofilms / growth & development Equipment Contamination Meningitis, Fungal / drug therapy Meningitis, Fungal / microbiology Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / adverse effects Case Reports Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use Coccidioides / isolation & purification Coccidioidomycosis / drug therapy Coccidioidomycosis / microbiology Fluconazole / therapeutic use Humans Male Middle Aged Treatment Failure Antifungal Agents Fluconazole
article_metadata: PMC2730244
article_metadata: 11971770
article_metadata: Biofilm on ventriculo-peritoneal shunt tubing as a cause of treatment failure in coccidioidal meningitis
article_metadata: 2002