Clinical and radiological findings in two cases of aspergillosis of the central nervous system in children;Hallazgos clínicos y radiológicos de dos casos de aspergilosis del sistema nervioso central en niños

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 632-635

  Blazicevich Carrillo, L ^a   Cabrales Camacho, L M ^a   Carrizosa, Jaime ^a   Cornejo, W ^a  

^a Hospital Universitario San Vicente de Paul   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Amphotericin; Aspergillosis; Clinical presentation; Itraconazol; Neuroimages; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BIOPSY; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IMAGING; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ISCHEMIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

EID: 0037618925     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3607.2002436     Document Type: Article

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