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Successful Treatment of Cerebral Aspergillosis in a Patient with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

Luo J 1 , Wang X 1 , Yang Y 1 , Lan T 2 , Ashraf MA 3 , Mao Q 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 37 Guo Xue Xiang, Wuhou District, Chengdu 610041, China
  • 2 Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 37 Guo Xue Xiang, Wuhou District, Chengdu 610041, China
  • 3 University Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
  • 4 Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 37 Guo Xue Xiang, Wuhou District, Chengdu 610041, China. E-mail: qingmao3000@163.com
West Indian Med J, 2015 12;64(5):540-542.
PMID: 27399315 DOI: 10.7727/wimj.2016.059

Abstract

We report a case of a patient with AIDS and a brain abscess caused by aspergillus, who underwent neurosurgical excision of the lesion and received subsequent therapy with voriconazole. The patient suffered from intracranial hypertension and visual disorders.

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