Aspergillus meningitis and discitis from low-back procedures in an immunocompetent patient

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 687-689

  Kolbe, A B Larson ^a   McKinney, A M ^a   Kendi, A Tuba Karagulle ^a,b   Misselt, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Discitis; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; FUNGI; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURONS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FLUOROSCOPIC-GUIDED ASPIRATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENTS;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACK; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISKITIS; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RARE DISEASE;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRAIN; DISCITIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGITIS, FUNGAL; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT READMISSION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RARE DISEASES;

EID: 34547257239     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850701342153     Document Type: Article

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