Fatal subarachnoid hemorrhage from mycotic aneurysm ruptures in an immunocompetent patient with aspergillosis: A case report

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 75, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 467-470

  Del Gaudio, A ^a   Catapano, D ^a   Pagano, A ^a   Zagaria, G ^a   Sorrentino, E ^a   D'Angelo, V ^a  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aneurysms; Aspergillosis; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; ANAMNESIS; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ASPERGILLOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMATOSE PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ETHMOIDECTOMY; FEVER; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALAISE; MALE; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; NOSE DISEASE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TUNICA MEDIA;

ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; ASPERGILLOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINUSITIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 69149100469     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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