Table 1.

Characteristics of survivors of aspergillosis of the CNS.

[Reference]	Age of patient (y)	Underlying condition	Aspergilius species isolated	Site and/or type of infection	Type of Treatment
					Surgical	Medical (duration)
[17]	47	None	Not specified	Sphenoid sinus; meningitis	None	iv AmB (NA)
[18]	12	ALL	A. fumigatus	Pulmonary: right occipital brain abscess	Resection of abscess	iv AmB and 5-FC (53 d). intracavitary AmB (4 d)
[7]	24	Renal transplantation	A. fumigatus	Pulmonary: endopthalmitis and brain abscess	Enucleation	iv AmB (1 y). intraocular AmB (NA)
[19]	34	Hx iv drug abuse	A. oryzae	Meningitis	None	iv AmB and 5-FC (3 mo), intraventricular AmB (3 mo)
[20]	40	None	A. versicolor	Left frontal brain abscess	Resection of abscess	None
[21]	62	None	A. fumigatus	Lung and T2 epidural abscesses	Resection of abscesses	iv AmB (15 d)
[22]	27	Sarcoid	A. fumigatus	Meningitis	None	5-FC (3 mo)
[23]	38	Alcoholism	A. fumigatus	Right temporal brain abscess	Resection of abscess	iv AmB (NA)
[24]	48	None	Not specified	Maxillary sinus; right temporal brain abscess	None	iv AmB and 5-FC (NA)
[25]	7	None	A. fumigatus	Skin and ribs: lung and right frontal brain abscesses	Resection of ribs and abscesses	iv AmB (35 d)
[PR]	0.2	Liver transplantation	A. fumigatus	Right parietal brain abscess	Drainage of abscess	iv AmB (111 d), intraventricular AmB (58 d), 5-FC (19 d), rifampin (90 d)

NOTE. AmB = amphotericin B: NA = not available; ALL = acute lymphoblastic leukemia; 5-FC = 5-fluorocytosine; Hx = history; PR = present report.