Spinal epidural aspergillosis in a patient with HIV resulting from long-standing (3 years) lung infection

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 122-124

  Murtagh, Ryan D ^a,b   Post, M J D ^a   Bruce, J ^a   Post, K K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University Diagnostic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; STAVUDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LAMINECTOMY; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; STAINING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ASPERGILLOSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; NEUROASPERGILLOSIS; RARE DISEASES; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 38349019458     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0782     Document Type: Article

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