title: Brain abscess caused by Phaeoacremonium parasiticum in an immunocompromised patient.
abstract: Phaeoacremonium parasiticum is an environmental fungus usually associated with subcutaneous infections. We report the first documented case of central nervous system involvement with brain abscess formation in a patient with chronic granulomatous disease and review the literature on Phaeoacremonium parasiticum infections.
authors.affiliation: Stanford University School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Grant S-101, Stanford, CA 94305-5107, USA. cjmcneil@stanford.edu
authors.forename: Candice J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: McNeil
authors.forename: Robert F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Hannes
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vogel
authors.forename: Niaz
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Banaei
authors.forename: Dora Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Ho
mesh_terms: D001203:Ascomycota / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D006105:Granulomatous Disease, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal