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ArticleMedical mycology case reports2016

Long term outcome of medical and surgical co-management of craniospinal aspergillosis in an immunocompromised patient.

Dipu Sathyapalan, Sabarish Balachandran, Anil Kumar, Bindu Mangalath Rajamma, Ashok Pillai, Vidya P Menon

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Article in Medical mycology case reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dipu SathyapalanDepartment of General Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Ponekkara, Kochi 682041, India.
Sabarish BalachandranDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Ponekkara, Kochi 682041, India.
Anil KumarDepartment of Microbiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Ponekkara, Kochi 682041, India.
Bindu Mangalath RajammaDepartment of Pathology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Ponekkara, Kochi 682041, India.
Ashok PillaiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Ponekkara, Kochi 682041, India.
Vidya P MenonDepartment of General Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Ponekkara, Kochi 682041, India.
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

35 yr old steroid dependent lady with Pulmonary TB underwent debridement of epidural abscess & posterior stabilization for paraparesis. With histopathology and cultures showing Aspergillus fumigatus, voricanozole was started. By the fourth week, she developed persistent fever, and altered mental status. Brain MRI and CSF study including multiplex PCR evaluation confirmed cerebral aspergillosis. Voricanozole was changed to intravenous lipid complex Amphotericin B to achieve sustained clinical and radiological response after six months of therapy.

Indexed as

CNS AspergillosisCNS infections in immunocompromisedMycobacterium tuberculosisSpinal Aspergillosis

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PMID28053849
PMCPMC5198800
OpenAlexW2559739102

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