Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis caused by Scytalidium dimidiatum: a case report from India.
We report a case of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis caused by Scytalidium dimidiatum (synanamorph Nattrassia mangiferae) in a young, apparently immunocompetent Indian male. Etiological diagnosis was made by recovery of the fungus in culture and histopathological examination. The infection proved fatal despite aggressive antifungal therapy.
Mani
Reeta Subramaniam
RS
Department of Neuromicrobiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India. ritamani@rediffmail.com
Chickabasaviah
Yasha Thagadur
YT
Nagarathna
Siddaiah
S
Chandramuki
Akepati
A
Shivprakash
Mandya Rudramurthy
MR
Vijayan
Joy
J
Prashantha
Devarahalli Krishnamurthy
DK
Vasudevan
Pillai Shibu
PS
Natarajan
Arvind
A
Kovoor
Jerry
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000235:genetics; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D012340:RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S / Q000235:genetics
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D012340:RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S