Cerebral and spinal cord involvement resulting from invasive aspergillosis

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 147-150

  Guermazi, A ^a   Benchaib, N ^a   Zagdanski, A M ^a   Hocqueloux, L ^a   Rili, M ^a   Molina, J M ^a   de Kerviler, E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebral aspergillosis; Invasive aspergillosis; Leukemia; MR; Spinal cord aspergillosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BUSULFAN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUCYTOSINE;

ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; LUNG MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INFARCTION; FATALITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ADULT; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; NEUROASPERGILLOSIS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 0036369416     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300100957     Document Type: Article

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