First case of extensive spinal cord infection with Aspergillus nidulans in a child with chronic granulomatous disease

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 321-323

  Bukhari, Elham ^a   Alrabiaah, Abdulkarim ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; CGD; Chronic granulomatous disease; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

VORICONAZOLE;

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; EDEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; SPINE DISEASE; TORTICOLLIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROASPERGILLOSIS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 67649515054     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.132     Document Type: Article

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