Long-term survival following treatment of multiple supra- and infratentorial aspergillus brain abscesses

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift, Supplement

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 69-74

  Bunc, G ^a   Vorsic M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Long term survival; Medication and surgical treatment; Multiple brain abscesses

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOURTH VENTRICLE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NEUROASPERGILLOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PUNCTURES; REOPERATION; SLOVENIA; SURVIVORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034899330     PISSN: 03005178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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