Intracranial invasive aspergillosis originating in the sphenoid sinus: A successful treatment with high-dose itraconazole in three cases

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-139

  Yamanoi, Takahiko ^a   Shibano, Ken ^a   Soeda, Tomoko ^a   Hoshi, Akihiko ^a   Matsuura, Yutaka ^a   Sugiura, Yoshihiro ^a   Endo, Kazuhiro ^a   Yamamoto, Teiji ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antifungal therapy; Fungus infection; Intracranial aspergillosis; Itraconazole

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; HYDROXYITRACONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PREFERENCE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG RESPONSE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; SPHENOID SINUS; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROASPERGILLOSIS; SPHENOID SINUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3042635830     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.203.133     Document Type: Article

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