Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis in liver transplant recipient: A case report [PDF]
Clinical Case Reports, 2022 Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis is a fungal brain infection with a high fatality rate. It is caused by dematiaceous fungi and is increasingly recognized as a cause of serious illness in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients.
Kaleem Ullah +9 more
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Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis caused by Alternaria spp.: A case report [PDF]
Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2020 Phaeohyphomycosis is a group of infections caused by pigmented, black, dematiaceous fungi and is responsible for cutaneous, superficial and deep mycoses, disseminated infection and brain abscesses.
Santiago Cardona +7 more
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Fonsecaea associated cerebral phaeohyphomycosis in a post-COVID-19 patient: A first case report [PDF]
Clinical Infection in Practice, 2022 Phaeohyphomycosis, previously known as chromoblastomycosis, is a chronic mycosis, usually affecting the skin. It is caused by dematiaceous fungi, which are a group of fungi that produce melanin in their cell walls.
Simin Laiq +7 more
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Cerebral Phaeohyphomycosis Caused by Exophiala dermatitidis in a Chinese CARD9-Deficient Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2019 Exophiala dermatitidis, a dematiaceous fungus typically found in decaying organic matter worldwide, is a rare cause of fungal infections. Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis is a sporadic but often fatal infection of the brain caused by E. dermatitidis.
Chen Wang +6 more
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Gram stain to the rescue: a case report of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis by Cladophialophora bantiana in an immunocompetent 24-year-old [PDF]
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022 Background Fungal brain abscesses in immunocompetent patients are exceedingly rare. Cladophialophora bantiana is the most common cause of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis, a dematiaceous mold.
Perceus Mody +8 more
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Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis at a tertiary healthcare center in Saudi Arabia [PDF]
Neurosciences, 2023 To report cases of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis at a tertiary hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Phaeohyphomycetes are a widely distributed group of fungi whose cell walls contain 1,8 dihydroxynaphthalene-melanin. Cerebral infections caused by these fungi are uncommon and primarily associated with neurotrophic phaeohyphomycetes.In January of 2020 we ...
Alabdely, Mayyadah H. +3 more
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Genomic Analyses of Cladophialophora bantiana, a Major Cause of Cerebral Phaeohyphomycosis Provides Insight into Its Lifestyle, Virulence and Adaption in Host. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Cladophialophora bantiana is a dematiaceous fungus with a predilection for causing central nervous system (CNS) infection manifesting as brain abscess in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients.
Chee Sian Kuan +12 more
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Low Central Nervous System Posaconazole Concentrations during Cerebral Phaeohyphomycosis [PDF]
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2019 Posaconazole diffusion has been documented in various organs, which contrasts with the scarce data available for the human central nervous system (CNS). We analyzed posaconazole concentrations in plasma and multiple CNS specimens taken from a patient who received posaconazole because of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis.
François Barde +9 more
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A Rare Case of Cladophialophora bantiana Intracranial Infection: Highlighting the Utility of Next-Generation Sequencing in Diagnosis [PDF]
Case Reports in TransplantationCladophialophora bantiana is a dematiaceous fungi and the most common cause of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis. Here, we report a rare case of cerebral ventriculitis with development of a cerebral abscess due to C.
Melissa Whitman, Nicole Vissichelli
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Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis caused by Exophiala lecanii-corni
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023 Yishu Fan +7 more
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