Surgical treatment of multiple skull abscesses associated with coccidioidomycosis.
Mycoses
; 47(1-2): 69-71, 2004 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-14998403
ABSTRACT
This case emphasizes that aggressive neurosurgical management may benefit patients with disseminated coccidioidomycosis and skull abscesses. Disseminated infection due to Coccidioides immitis, the causative agent of coccidioidomycosis, is difficult to treat and often requires prolonged antifungal therapy in addition to surgical debridement. We present a case of a young woman with disseminated coccidioidomycosis who had multiple skull lesions, two of which penetrated the skull and invaded the subgaleal and epidural spaces. Despite prolonged aggressive medical management, these lesions failed to resolve until they were surgically drained.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Cráneo
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Coccidioidomicosis
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Absceso
Tipo de estudio:
Risk_factors_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Mycoses
Asunto de la revista:
MICROBIOLOGIA
Año:
2004
Tipo del documento:
Article