Meningovascular aspergillosis: Case report;Aspergilosis meningovascular: Caso clínico

Revista Chilena de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 217-225

  Nogales Gaete, Jorge ^a   Navarrete A , Claudio ^a   González V , Jorge ^a   Sáez M , David ^a   Quijada V , Marcelo ^a   Espinoza M , Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Aspergillus; Meningoencephalitis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASPERGILLOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COURSE EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 31544441646     PISSN: 00347388     EISSN: 07179227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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