Invasive sphenoidal aspergillosis: Successful treatment with sphenoidotomy and voriconazole

ORL

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-126

  Baumann, Ariane ^a   Zimmerli, Stefan ^b   Häusler, Rudolf ^a   Caversaccio, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Invasive aspergillosis; Sphenoid sinus; Sphenoidotomy; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CASPOFUNGIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOSCOPY; FUNGAL STRAIN; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INVASIVE SPHENOID ASPERGILLOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; SIDE EFFECT; SPHENOID SINUS; SPHENOIDOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL DISORDER; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PYRIMIDINES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPHENOID SINUS; SPHENOID SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 33847071933     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097858     Document Type: Article

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