title: Effective treatment of cerebral mucormycosis associated with brain surgery.
abstract: Isolated cerebral mucormycosis is rare. We describe a patient with a brain tumor and a surgically-related Rhizopus oryzae brain abscess. Her abscess was effectively treated with posaconazole, micafungin and colony-stimulating factor followed by posaconazole alone. To our knowledge, cerebral mucormycosis secondary to brain surgery had not been previously reported.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Oncology and †Department of Infectious Diseases, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and ‡Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN.
authors.forename: Omar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Chamdine
authors.forename: Aditya H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Gaur
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Broniscer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents