Cerebral aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus granulosus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3386-3390

  Sutton, Deanna A ^a   Wickes, Brian L ^b   Romanelli, Anna M ^b   Rinaldi, Michael G ^a   Thompson, Elizabeth H ^a   Fothergill, Annette W ^a   Dishop, Megan K ^c,d   Elidemir, Okan ^c,d   Mallory, George B ^c,d   Moonnamakal, Siby P ^c,d   Adesina, Adekunle M ^c,d   Schecter, Marc G ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CEFOTAXIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE; TACROLIMUS; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS GRANULOSUS; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; AUTOPSY; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONIDIUM; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; EXTUBATION; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HOSPICE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; INTUBATION; LEUKOCYTE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SAGITTAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; SEIZURE; TISSUE CULTURE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS; CEREBRUM; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FATAL OUTCOME; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROASPERGILLOSIS; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ASPERGILLUS GRANULOSUS;

EID: 70349644864     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00588-09     Document Type: Article

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