title: Cerebral macroabscess caused by Candida albicans in an immunocompetent patient: A diagnostic challenge.
abstract: We describe the history of a 24-year-old immunocompetent man with an expansive lesion in the brainstem that, after many misdiagnoses, was found to be caused by a Candida albicans abscess. One year after surgery and 3 months of fluconazole treatment, the patient was asymptomatic and all image and laboratory tests were normal.
authors.affiliation: Núcleo de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa do Hospital, Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte 30150240, Minas Gerais, Brazil ; Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sônia M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Figueiredo
authors.affiliation: Núcleo de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa do Hospital, Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte 30150240, Minas Gerais, Brazil ; Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou-Fiocruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sabrina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Campolina
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia, ICB-Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.affiliation: Núcleo de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa do Hospital, Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte 30150240, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gontijo
authors.affiliation: Núcleo de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa do Hospital, Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte 30150240, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Thelma
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tirone
authors.affiliation: Núcleo de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa do Hospital, Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte 30150240, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Claudia B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Assunção
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Clínica Neurológica e Neurocirúrgica do Hospital, Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Tarcísio F A
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Freire
authors.affiliation: Núcleo de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa do Hospital, Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte 30150240, Minas Gerais, Brazil ; Serviço de Clínica Neurológica e Neurocirúrgica do Hospital, Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Paulo P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Christo
authors.affiliation: Núcleo de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa do Hospital, Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte 30150240, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rachel B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Caligiorne
keywords: Candida sp; Encephalic trunk; Fluconazole; MRI; Macroabscess