D> r. Lola T. Baydala and colleagues (Can Med Assoc J 1988; 138: 927-928) have
endeavoured to des-cribe a clinical entity that is often difficult to diagnose andis associated …

T heprincipal fungi that cause infection of the nose andparanasal sinuses are species of
Aspergillus, whichare commonly found in soil, dust and decaying matter.'The ubiquitous …

Paranasal aspergillosis was encountered in five children with relapsed malignancies. All
had received broad-spectrum antibiotics within two weeks of development of aspergillosis …

Aspergillosis of the nose and paranasal sinuses should not be considered an innocuous
disease. In a review of 103 cases, other than in the Sudan, the mortality rate was 16 per …

A case of invasive sino-nasal aspergillosis in an immunocompromised child is reported.
Prognosis of this fulminant disease is usually poor. This paper reviews the early symptoms …

Aspergillosis of the paranasal sinuses is a well-established clinical entity which has recently
been classified into non-invasive and invasive forms with distinct sub-divisions of both types …

A retrospective study of 40 otherwise healthy children suffering from paranasal aspergillosis
is presented. Fifteen percentage of this group was under 10 years of age. The clinical …

Four cases of aspergillosis of the paranasal sinuses seen recently at the North Carolina
Baptist Hospital are reported. Paranasal sinus aspergillosis is prone to develop in patients …

Aspergillosis may complicate the course of the child in an immunocompromised state. When
sinus or pulmonary infections present in immunocompromised children, one third of these …

Purpose To retrospectively study the prophylaxis of invasive aspergillosis in neutropenic
patients and to relate the frequency of this fungal disease to any causal or modifying factors …