PURULENT-MENINGITIS DUE TO ASPERGILLOSIS IN A PATIENT WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS

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作者
LAMMENS, M
ROBBERECHT, W
WAER, M
CARTON, H
DOM, R
机构
[1] CATHOLIC UNIV LEUVEN,ZIEKENHUIS GASTHUISBEG,DEPT NEUROL,B-3000 LOUVAIN,BELGIUM
[2] CATHOLIC UNIV LEUVEN,ZIEKENHUIS GASTHUISBERG,DEPT NEPHROL,B-3000 LOUVAIN,BELGIUM
关键词
PURULENT MENINGITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ASPERGILLOSIS;
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10.1016/0303-8467(92)90117-L
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
We report a 39-year-old female patient with systemic lupus erythematosus under immunosuppressive therapy who developed persistent neutrophilic meningitis, for which no infectious agent could be identified. Intensifying the immunosuppressive therapy induced a short amelioration of the clinical picture. At autopsy, basal meningitis was found to be due to Aspergillus sp.
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