Scedosporium (Monosporium) apiospermum: multiple brain abscesses.
A 32-year-old female with alcoholic cirrhosis attempted to drown herself in a pond. She remained in a coma for 57 days. After a stormy course she developed multiple brain abscesses due to Scedosporium (Monosporium) apiospermum. Despite intravenous and intrathecal amphotericin B (total dose 870 mg) the patient died 71 days after the near drowning.
D000328:Adult; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D004332:Drowning; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000209:etiology*; D011541:Pseudallescheria / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D014871:Water Microbiology