Cerebral aspergillosis complicated by intracerebral haemorrhage

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 140-142

  Lim, Kelvin K ^a   Kaye, Andrew H ^a,b   Drummond, Katharine J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Intracerebral haemorrhage; Invasive aspergillosis

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; INDOMETACIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN NECROSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ASPERGILLOSIS; CRANIOTOMY; DEHYDRATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GOUT; HEMOFILTRATION; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYDRIASIS; NEUTROPENIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING;

ADULT; ASPERGILLOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 56949093279     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.02.017     Document Type: Article

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