Successful treatment of cerebral aspergillosis with a high oral dose of itraconazole after excisional surgery

Internal Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 829-832

  Imai, Tomihiro ^a   Yamamoto, Toshiyuki ^a   Tanaka, Shingo ^a   Kashiwagi, Motoi ^a   Chiba, Susumu ^a   Matsumoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Uede, Teiji ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Fungus infection; MRI; Sphenoid sinus

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SPHENOID SINUS;

EID: 0032703590     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.38.829     Document Type: Article

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