Aspergilloma of the brain: An overview

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Nadkarni, T ^a   Goel, A ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Fungal infections; Liposomal Amphotericin B

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUCYTOSINE; FUNGISOME; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSCESS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPIRATION; BLOOD; BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN TUMOR; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; FUNGUS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GRANULOCYTOPENIA; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFUSION; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG DISEASE; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANASAL SINUS; PATHOGENESIS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; THROMBOSIS; TISSUE CULTURE; TOOTH DISEASE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VASCULARIZATION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 33645550146     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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