Cladophialophora bantiana brain abscess in a solid-organ transplant recipient: case report and review of the literature.
Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis caused by Cladophialophora bantiana is a rare disease. We describe a heart and bilateral lung transplant recipient who was unsuccessfully treated for a C. bantiana brain abscess. This report compares the present case to those of other solid-organ transplant recipients with the same infection and to those of patients who did not receive transplants.
Levin
Todd P
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Department of Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Tlevin9696@yahoo.com
Baty
Darric E
DE
Fekete
Thomas
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Truant
Allan L
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Suh
Byungse
B
D000328:Adult; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000187:drug effects; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis
D000935:Antifungal Agents