TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Central nervous system Aspergillus fumigatus infection after near drowning
JO  - Journal of clinical pathology
A1  - Kowacs, P. A.
A1  - Monteiro de Almeida, S.
A1  - Pinheiro, R. L.
A1  - Fameli, H.
A1  - Piovesan, E. J.
A1  - Correia, A.
A1  - Werneck, L. C.
SP  - 202
EP  - 204
VL  - 57
IS  - 2
N2  - AIMS: To report the case of a 26 year old white man, who developed chronic meningitis and intracerebral granulomata 15 days after an episode of near drowning in a swamp. <br><br>METHODS: Aspergillus fumigatus was isolated from cerebrospinal fluid cultures. <br><br>RESULTS: The patient died 70 days after the symptoms were first noticed, and seven days after a subarachnoid haemorrhage. Aspergillus has never been reported before as a cause of intracranial infection after near drowning. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Physicians must be aware of this possibility when confronted with such a situation, because there are now effective therapeutic options for systemic aspergillosis.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0021-9746
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -