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Abstract
Infections of the nervous system caused by fungi of the genus ASPERGILLUS, most commonly ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS. Aspergillus infections may occur in immunocompetent hosts, but are more prevalent in individuals with IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES. The organism may spread to the nervous system from focal infections in the lung, mastoid region, sinuses, inner ear, bones, eyes, gastrointestinal tract, and heart. Sinus infections may be locally invasive and enter the intracranial compartment, producing MENINGITIS, FUNGAL; cranial neuropathies; and abscesses in the frontal lobes of the brain. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1998, Ch 27, pp62-3)
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3 entry terms
- Neuroaspergilloses
- Aspergillosis, Nervous System Invasive
- Nervous System Invasive Aspergillosis
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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coord IM with species (IM) and specific site/dis term (IM) if pertinent
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2000
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- Aspergillosis (1966-1999)
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- National Library of Medicine. Neuroaspergillosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020953. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020953
- Neuroaspergillosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18554548