Successful treatment of Xylohypha bantiana brain abscess mimicking invasive cerebral aspergillosis in a liver transplant recipient

Journal of Infection

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 348-351

  Lee, Y M ^a   Tambyah, P A ^a   Lee, K H ^a   Tan, K C ^b   Lim, S G ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b The Liver Center   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Cadaveric liver transplant; Xylophypha bantiana

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; BASILIXIMAB; FLUCYTOSINE; GABAPENTIN; GANCICLOVIR; ITRACONAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMONIA; RECIPIENT; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0142211277     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(03)00099-9     Document Type: Article

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