Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis caused by Rhinocladiella mackenziei in a woman native to Afghanistan.
Rhinocladiella mackenziei is a recognized cause of endemic cerebral phaeohyphomycosis in the Middle East area. Surgical resection of the abscesses and posaconazole treatment have improved the ominous prognosis of this disease. We describe the case of a native Afghan woman living in France who presented with brain abscesses due to R. mackenziei.
Cristini
Alejandro
A
Department of Neurosurgery C, Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, University of Lyon, Lyon-Montchat, France.
Garcia-Hermoso
Dea
D
Celard
Marie
M
Albrand
Gilles
G
Lortholary
Olivier
O
D000346:Afghanistan; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D020314:Central Nervous System Fungal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA