Artigo Acesso aberto Produção Nacional Revisado por pares

Aspergilose invasiva da órbita e seio cavernoso em paciente com Aids

2009; Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine; Volume: 42; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0037-86822009000600025

ISSN

1678-9849

Autores

José Roberto Lambertucci, Paloma Fonseca, Daniela Barreto Linares,

Tópico(s)

Fungal Infections and Studies

Resumo

A 38-year-old man, who had been HIV seropositive for 16 years and had a CD4+ cell count of 39 cells/µL, sought care because of a 1-month history of decrease in visual acuity, periorbital swelling, proptosis of the left eye and fever. Culture of the surgical samples grew Aspergillus fumigatus .

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