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Critical Care
Published in: Critical Care 5/2010

01-10-2010 | Letter

Invasive pulmonary and central nervous system aspergillosis following slops aspiration in a trauma patient

Authors: Mao Zhang, Guang-Ju Zhou, Xuan-Ding Wang, Lian Wang, Jian-Xin Gan, Shao-Wen Xu

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 5/2010

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Cerebral aspergillosis is a rare complication of multiple trauma. In this report, we present a remarkable case of multiple lung and brain lesions caused by aspergillosis after a falling incident. …
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Metadata
Title
Invasive pulmonary and central nervous system aspergillosis following slops aspiration in a trauma patient
Authors
Mao Zhang
Guang-Ju Zhou
Xuan-Ding Wang
Lian Wang
Jian-Xin Gan
Shao-Wen Xu
Publication date
01-10-2010
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 5/2010
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc9228

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