Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis caused by an Exophiala species.
A 45-year-old woman was found to have cerebral phaeohyphomycosis caused by an Exophiala species. The portal of entry of the fungus remained unknown. Despite surgery and antimycotic therapy the patient died from circulation failure. The fungus is compared to several related Exophiala species.
Tintelnot
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K
Institut für Hygiene and Mikrobiologie, Universität Würzburg, Germany.
de Hoog
G S
GS
Thomas
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E
Steudel
W I
WI
Huebner
K
K
Seeliger
H P
HP
D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005093:Exophiala / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed