Brain abscess due to Petriellidium boydii.
A 22 year-old man died from multiple cerebral abscesses due to Petriellidium boydii 4 1/2 months after an episode of near drowning. The autopsy showed dissemination to heart and kidney. This patient had no immunocompromising disease but was treated with corticosteroids. The treatment of this condition with ventricular shunting and amphotericin B is discussed and compared with the experience of ten other cases reported in the literature.
D000328:Adult; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D009181:Mycoses / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D013098:Xylariales
D000666:Amphotericin B; D006854:Hydrocortisone