Aspergillus terreus brain abscess mimicking tumor progression in a patient with treated glioblastoma multiforme

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 400-407

  Damek, D M ^a   Lillehei, K O ^a   Kleinschmidt DeMasters, B K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Cancer; Fungal; Fungus; Neoplasm; Solid tumor

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CARMUSTINE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUCONAZOLE; HEPARIN; PHENYTOIN; STEROID; TEMOZOLOMIDE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENCEPHALITIS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSOMNIA; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MYOPATHY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN FRAGILITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 57149100392     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/npp27400     Document Type: Article

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