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Case Reports
. 2002 Sep 1;35(5):e50-3.
doi: 10.1086/341972. Epub 2002 Aug 1.

Intracranial perineural extension of invasive mycosis: a novel mechanism of disease propagation by Aspergillus fumigatus

Amar Safdar  1 , Martin P Dommers Jr, Rohit Talwani, Charlotte R Thompson
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Case Reports

Intracranial perineural extension of invasive mycosis: a novel mechanism of disease propagation by Aspergillus fumigatus

Amar Safdar et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

We describe an immunocompetent woman who had refractory, invasive sphenoid sinus Aspergillus fumigatus infection for which there was radiologic evidence of intracranial perineural spread. The patient responded to a combination of antifungal and adjuvant recombinant cytokine therapy.

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