Intrathecal aspergillosis and fusiform arterial aneurysms in an immunocompromised child: A clinico-pathological case report

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1497-1501

  Laurencikas, Evaldas ^a   Sandstedt, Bengt ^a   Söderman, Michael ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aspergillum; Mycotic aneurysm; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; STEROID;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; URINE CULTURE;

ANEURYSM, INFECTED; ANTIBODIES; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE;

EID: 33750431684     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0158-8     Document Type: Article

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