Better hospital nutrition needed to prevent and treat Aspergillus infections.
Summary of "Better hospital nutrition needed to prevent and treat Aspergillus infections."
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University of Illinois - Public Health E-mail: luketcurtis@aol.com.
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Name: Medical mycology : official publication of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology
ISSN: 1460-2709
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- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22957477
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13693786.2012.723224
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Neuroaspergillosis
Infections of the nervous system caused by fungi of the genus ASPERGILLUS, most commonly ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS. Aspergillus infections may occur in immunocompetent hosts, but are more prevalent in individuals with IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES. The organism may spread to the nervous system from focal infections in the lung, mastoid region, sinuses, inner ear, bones, eyes, gastrointestinal tract, and heart. Sinus infections may be locally invasive and enter the intracranial compartment, producing MENINGITIS, FUNGAL; cranial neuropathies; and abscesses in the frontal lobes of the brain. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1998, Ch 27, pp62-3)
Antiparasitic Agents
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Pseudomonas Vaccines
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Escherichia Coli Vaccines
Vaccines or candidate vaccines used to prevent or treat both enterotoxigenic and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli infections.
Nutrition Assessment
Evaluation and measurement of nutritional variables in order to assess the level of nutrition or the NUTRITIONAL STATUS of the individual. NUTRITION SURVEYS may be used in making the assessment.
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