Phaeohyphomycosis complicating compound skull fracture.
Intracranial infection is a well-recognized complication of compound skull fractures. In most cases various bacteria are identified as the etiologic agents. Fungal infection complicating open head trauma is unusual. We describe a patient who contracted fatal meningoencephalitis due to Drechslera spicifera, a rarely pathogenic soil saprophyte, after open head trauma.
D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009181:Mycoses / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology