Brain abscesses resulting from Bacillus cereus and an Aspergillus-like mold.
An 11-year-old boy with alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma of the thigh experienced three instances of catheter-related bacteremia resulting from After two episodes of seizures, two low-density lesions in the right parietal lobe and the left corpus callosum with enhanced pericavitary opacity were detected. The catheter was removed. A brain biopsy sample grew and revealed dichotomously branched septate hyphae compatible with The patient was treated with ceftriaxone and liposomal amphotericin B for 12 and 52 weeks, respectively, until biopsy-confirmed resolution of the infections.
D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001230:Aspergillus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001409:Bacillus cereus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D018232:Rhabdomyosarcoma, Alveolar / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology
D000666:Amphotericin B