[Acute hydrocephalus as a presentation form of disseminated aspergillosis]

Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 2012 Jun;30(6):348-50. doi: 10.1016/j.eimc.2012.02.009. Epub 2012 Apr 12.
[Article in Spanish]
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Aspergillus fumigatus / isolation & purification*
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / complications
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / drug therapy
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Drainage
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Fungemia / etiology
  • Fungemia / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus / etiology*
  • Hydrocephalus / microbiology
  • Hydrocephalus / surgery
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / adverse effects
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Intracranial Embolism / etiology
  • Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis / complications
  • Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis / drug therapy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neuroaspergillosis / complications*
  • Neuroaspergillosis / diagnosis
  • Neuroaspergillosis / drug therapy
  • Neuroaspergillosis / surgery
  • Prednisone / adverse effects
  • Prednisone / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Prednisone