A rare etiology of cauda equina syndrome

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-82

  Batra, Sumit ^a   Arora, Sumit ^b   Meshram, Hemant ^a   Khanna, Geetika ^a   Grover, Shabnam B ^a   Sharma, Vinod K ^a  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

^b MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Cauda equina syndrome; Fungal epidural abscess; Laminectomy; Vertebral osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LIMB WEAKNESS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL EPIDURAL ABSCESS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYRADICULOPATHY;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79751474807     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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