Infective meningitis caused by Phialemonium curvatum.
Infections caused by rarely encountered fungal pathogens have increased in recent decades. Phialemonium species are widely distributed in the environment and are also involved in human infections, affecting both immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients. The present study describes a case of meningitis caused by Phialemonium curvatum.
The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Yueli
Y
Zou
CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology (CASPMI), Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China shidongyan73@126.com Beeyh@im.ac.cn.
Yuhai
Y
Bi
The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Hui
H
Bu
The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Yunying
Y
He
The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Li
L
Guo
The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China shidongyan73@126.com Beeyh@im.ac.cn.
Dongyan
D
Shi
D000328:Adult; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016921:Meningitis, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013098:Xylariales / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D004271:DNA, Fungal