title: Acute cerebral phaeohyphomycosis due to Wangiella dermatitidis accompanied by cerebrospinal fluid eosinophilia.
abstract: We report a case of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis due to Wangiella dermaitidis in an immunocompetent adult man. His cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) showed pleocytosis with a high eosinophil count but without peripheral blood eosinophilia. The present case suggested that this black yeast-like fungus should be included when the causes of CSF eosinophilia are considered, even though it is an extremely rare pathogen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pathology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea. cchl@hyowon.cc.pusan.ac.kr
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Shin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000150:complications; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000382:microbiology*; D005093:Exophiala / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009181:Mycoses / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000150:complications*