First autochthonous case of Rhinocladiella mackenziei cerebral abscess outside the Middle East.
Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis due to Rhinocladiella mackenziei is a severe infection in the middle east, resulting in nearly 100% mortality despite the application of combined surgical and antifungal therapy and occurring occasionally in otherwise healthy patients. We report the first case of brain infection in a middle-aged male in India, where R. mackenziei is not endemic.
Badali
Hamid
H
CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, P.O. Box 85167, NL-3508 AD, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Chander
Jagdish
J
Bansal
Shaifali
S
Aher
Atul
A
Borkar
Surendra S
SS
Meis
Jacques F
JF
De Hoog
G Sybren
GS
D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008853:Microscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D011859:Radiography; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer