Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8740530 | Journal of Infection | 2017 | 37 Pages |
Abstract
In a contemporary 16-year cohort of 40 patients with hematologic cancer and mold infections of Central Nervous System, 42-day mortality was 48%. Improved survival was related to immune response in histopathology, absence of co-infections, corticosteroid tapering and possibly surgical drainage.
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Authors
Minas P. Economides, Leomar Y. Ballester, Vinodh A. Kumar, Ying Jiang, Jeffrey Tarrand, Victor Prieto, Harrys A. Torres, Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis,