Angioinvasive cerebral aspergillosis presenting as acute ischaemic stroke in a patient with diabetes mellitus

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Norlinah, Mohamed Ibrahim ^a   Ngow, H A ^a   Hamidon, B B ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Angioinvasive cerebral aspergillosis; Aspergillus fumigatus; Brain infection; Diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; APHASIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ASPERGILLOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RARE DISEASE; SPHENOID; BIOPSY; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SPHENOID SINUS;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOPSY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFARCTION, ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROASPERGILLOSIS; SPHENOID SINUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846958753     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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