Case report: Aspergillus flavus brain abscesses associated with hepatic amebiasis in a non-neutropenic man in Senegal

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 583-586

  Brun, Sophie ^a   Fekkar, Arnaud ^a   Busse, Antoine ^a   Seilhean, Danielle ^a   Lecsö, Marylin ^a   Adler, Dan ^a   Prodanovic, Hélène ^a   Mazier, Dominique ^a   Datry, Annick ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CATECHOLAMINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCONAZOLE; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUODENUM ULCER; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER AMEBIASIS; MALE; MELENA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURA EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REHYDRATION; SENEGAL; FATALITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BRAIN ABSCESS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 70349739435     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.09-0160     Document Type: Article

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