Iatrogenic aspergillus infection of the central nervous system in a pregnant woman

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 427-429

  Lokuhetty, Menaka D S ^a   Wijesinghe, Harshima D ^a   Weerasundera, Buddhika ^a   Dayapala, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b North Colombo Teaching Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Central nervous system infections; Iatrogenic; Postpartum

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INOCULATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MENINGITIS; MICROSCOPY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SRI LANKA; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TREATMENT DURATION; VASCULITIS;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRAIN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; NEUROASPERGILLOSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SRI LANKA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70249123532     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.55016     Document Type: Article

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