Multiple aspergillus cerebellar abscesses in a middle-aged female: Case report and literature review

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 635-639

  Chen, Sheng ^a   Pu, Jia Li ^a   Yu, Jun ^a   Zhang, Jian Min ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Cerebellum; Neurosurgical resection; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ASPERGILLOSIS; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CHOLESTEATOMA; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CRANIECTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DYSPHAGIA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MASTOIDECTOMY; MULTIPLE ASPERGILLUS CEREBELLAR ABSCESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; NOSE FEEDING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTOGENIC CEREBELLAR ABSCESS; PANDY TEST; TREATMENT DURATION; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

EID: 80054751097     PISSN: 14491907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.8.635     Document Type: Article

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