title: Confusing presentation of chaetomium brain abscess.
abstract: We put forth the case of a young immunocompetent female who presented with fever and left basal ganglia bleed secondary to vasculitis. After 2 weeks of prednisolone therapy, she continued to deteriorate. MRI scan revealed enhancement of previous hematoma, pus was aspirated surgically and fungal culture grew Chaetomium.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Aga Khan University Hospital , Karachi , Pakistan.
authors: Muhammad
authors: M
authors: Waqas
authors: Shahan
authors: S
authors: Waheed
authors: Salman Ahmed
authors: SA
authors: Mangrio
authors: Sana
authors: S
authors: Rashid
authors: Mohsin
authors: M
authors: Qadeer
authors: Ehsan
authors: E
authors: Bari
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D002597:Chaetomium / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans
keywords: brain abscess; chaetomium; vasculitis