Case report primary aspergilloma and subacute invasive aspergillosis in two AIDS patients

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-52

  Martinez, Roberto ^a   De Castro, Gleusa ^a   Machado, Alcyone A ^a   Moya, Maria Janete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Aspergilloma; Central nervous system; Invasive aspergillosis; Neutropenia

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIDANOSINE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INDINAVIR; ISONIAZID; ITRACONAZOLE; LAMIVUDINE; LOPINAVIR; NELFINAVIR; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; RITONAVIR; SAQUINAVIR; STAVUDINE; VORICONAZOLE; ZIDOVUDINE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ESOPHAGUS CANDIDIASIS; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; SINUSITIS; SPINE; THRUSH; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; VERTEBRA; ACUTE DISEASE; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; FATALITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; PYRIMIDINES; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 60849101064     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652009000100009     Document Type: Article

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