Purulent Meningitis Due to Aspergillus niger in Neonatal Period: A Case Report

Purulent Meningitis Due to Aspergillus niger in Neonatal Period: A Case Report

Invasive Aspergillus infections involving the central nervous system (CNS) are unusual among children. Mortality and morbidity are very high and aspergillosis of CNS rarely presents as purulent meningitis. A 28 day- old neonate was admitted to our clinic with sepsis findings and diagnosed as purulen...

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Main Authors: Zeynep ŞIKLAR, Hasan AKSÜT, Yusuf GÖKTAŞ, Gülten TANYER, Yıldız DALLAR, Ayşe SERDAROĞLU
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bilimsel Tip Yayinevi 1998-03-01
Series:Flora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi
Subjects:
Aspergillus niger
Purulent meningitis
Online Access:http://www.floradergisi.org/getFileContent.aspx?op=REDPDF&file_name=1998-3-1-066-069.pdf
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spelling doaj-c2b131fbc60b48da8e175c7b845624602020-11-25T00:10:20ZengBilimsel Tip YayineviFlora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi1300-932X1300-932X1998-03-01316669Purulent Meningitis Due to Aspergillus niger in Neonatal Period: A Case ReportZeynep ŞIKLAR0Hasan AKSÜT1Yusuf GÖKTAŞ2Gülten TANYER3Yıldız DALLAR4Ayşe SERDAROĞLU5Sağlık Bakanlığı Ankara Hastanesi, Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Kliniği, ANKARASağlık Bakanlığı Ankara Hastanesi, Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Kliniği, ANKARASağlık Bakanlığı Ankara Hastanesi, Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Kliniği, ANKARASağlık Bakanlığı Ankara Hastanesi, Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Kliniği, ANKARASağlık Bakanlığı Ankara Hastanesi, Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Kliniği, ANKARASağlık Bakanlığı Ankara Hastanesi, Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Kliniği, ANKARAInvasive Aspergillus infections involving the central nervous system (CNS) are unusual among children. Mortality and morbidity are very high and aspergillosis of CNS rarely presents as purulent meningitis. A 28 day- old neonate was admitted to our clinic with sepsis findings and diagnosed as purulent meningitis caused by Aspergillus niger. At the end of the six weeks of therapy with liposomal amphotericin B, clinical and microbiological cure were achieved.http://www.floradergisi.org/getFileContent.aspx?op=REDPDF&file_name=1998-3-1-066-069.pdfAspergillus nigerPurulent meningitis
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author Zeynep ŞIKLAR
Hasan AKSÜT
Yusuf GÖKTAŞ
Gülten TANYER
Yıldız DALLAR
Ayşe SERDAROĞLU
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Hasan AKSÜT
Yusuf GÖKTAŞ
Gülten TANYER
Yıldız DALLAR
Ayşe SERDAROĞLU
Purulent Meningitis Due to Aspergillus niger in Neonatal Period: A Case Report
Flora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi
Aspergillus niger
Purulent meningitis
author_facet Zeynep ŞIKLAR
Hasan AKSÜT
Yusuf GÖKTAŞ
Gülten TANYER
Yıldız DALLAR
Ayşe SERDAROĞLU
author_sort Zeynep ŞIKLAR
title Purulent Meningitis Due to Aspergillus niger in Neonatal Period: A Case Report
title_short Purulent Meningitis Due to Aspergillus niger in Neonatal Period: A Case Report
title_full Purulent Meningitis Due to Aspergillus niger in Neonatal Period: A Case Report
title_fullStr Purulent Meningitis Due to Aspergillus niger in Neonatal Period: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Purulent Meningitis Due to Aspergillus niger in Neonatal Period: A Case Report
title_sort purulent meningitis due to aspergillus niger in neonatal period: a case report
publisher Bilimsel Tip Yayinevi
series Flora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi
issn 1300-932X
1300-932X
publishDate 1998-03-01
description Invasive Aspergillus infections involving the central nervous system (CNS) are unusual among children. Mortality and morbidity are very high and aspergillosis of CNS rarely presents as purulent meningitis. A 28 day- old neonate was admitted to our clinic with sepsis findings and diagnosed as purulent meningitis caused by Aspergillus niger. At the end of the six weeks of therapy with liposomal amphotericin B, clinical and microbiological cure were achieved.
topic Aspergillus niger
Purulent meningitis
url http://www.floradergisi.org/getFileContent.aspx?op=REDPDF&file_name=1998-3-1-066-069.pdf
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