Aspergillus terreus Meningitis in Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report

We present a description of a rare but dangerous case of fungal meningitis caused by Aspergillus terreus in an immunocompetent patient with a history of sinus disease.

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Autores principales: Elsawy, Abdelrahman, Faidah, Hani, Ahmed, Abdalla, Mostafa, Asmaa, Mohamed, Farah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
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Public Health
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4664626/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26648927
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01353
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author Elsawy, Abdelrahman
Faidah, Hani
Ahmed, Abdalla
Mostafa, Asmaa
Mohamed, Farah
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spelling pubmed-46646262015-12-08 Aspergillus terreus Meningitis in Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report Elsawy, Abdelrahman Faidah, Hani Ahmed, Abdalla Mostafa, Asmaa Mohamed, Farah Front Microbiol Public Health We present a description of a rare but dangerous case of fungal meningitis caused by Aspergillus terreus in an immunocompetent patient with a history of sinus disease. Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4664626/ /pubmed/26648927 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01353 Text en Copyright © 2015 Elsawy, Faidah, Ahmed, Mostafa and Mohamed. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Public Health
Elsawy, Abdelrahman
Faidah, Hani
Ahmed, Abdalla
Mostafa, Asmaa
Mohamed, Farah
Aspergillus terreus Meningitis in Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report
title Aspergillus terreus Meningitis in Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report
title_full Aspergillus terreus Meningitis in Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report
title_fullStr Aspergillus terreus Meningitis in Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Aspergillus terreus Meningitis in Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report
title_short Aspergillus terreus Meningitis in Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report
title_sort aspergillus terreus meningitis in immunocompetent patient: a case report
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4664626/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26648927
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01353
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