Post-craniotomy wound infection caused by Pseudallescheria boydii. Case report.
The authors describe the first reported case of post-craniotomy wound infection due to Pseudallescheria boydii. The patient was a 24-year-old man who sustained a direct blunt injury to the calvaria, resulting in a large subdural hematoma that was surgically evacuated. Subsequently, the surgical wound became infected with a fungus, P. boydii, and was successfully treated with intravenous miconazole.
D000328:Adult; D001203:Ascomycota; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009181:Mycoses / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011541:Pseudallescheria; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*