Long term outcome of medical and surgical co-management of craniospinal aspergillosis in an immunocompromised patient

Long term outcome of medical and surgical co-management of craniospinal aspergillosis in an immunocompromised patient

35 yr old steroid dependent lady with Pulmonary TB underwent debridement of epidural abscess & posterior stabilization for paraparesis. With histopathology and cultures showing Aspergillus fumigatus, voricanozole was started. By the fourth week, she developed persistent fever, and altered mental...

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Main Authors: Dipu Sathyapalan, Sabarish Balachandran, Anil Kumar, Bindu Mangalath Rajamma, Ashok Pillai, Vidya P. Menon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-12-01
Series:Medical Mycology Case Reports
Subjects:
CNS Aspergillosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Spinal Aspergillosis
CNS infections in immunocompromised
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753916300549

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