Intracranial aspergillosis in children successfully treated with antifungal therapy and surgical intervention

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2006 Apr;25(4):379-81. doi: 10.1097/01.inf.0000207479.08729.76.

Abstract

Invasive aspergillosis is an uncommon but often lethal complication in immunocompromised patients. Despite the progress obtained with new antifungal drugs, intracranial aspergillosis often requires a combined medical and surgical approach. Most cases previously reported in immunocompromised children were fatal. We describe 4 immunosuppressed children with intracranial aspergillosis successfully treated with surgery and antifungal long-term therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Aspergillosis / drug therapy*
  • Aspergillosis / microbiology
  • Aspergillosis / surgery*
  • Aspergillus fumigatus / drug effects
  • Aspergillus fumigatus / isolation & purification
  • Brain Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Brain Diseases / microbiology
  • Brain Diseases / surgery*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents