Cerebral Phaeohyphomycosis due to Cladophialophora bantiana – A Case Report and Review of Literature from India [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014 Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis is a rare disease caused by dematiaceous fungi. It has poor prognosis irrespective of the immune status of the patient. Cladophialophora bantiana is the most commonly isolated species.
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A black mould death: A case of fatal cerebral phaeohyphomycosis caused by Cladophialophora bantiana [PDF]
Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2019 Cladophialophora bantiana is a neurotropic mould and primary cause of cerebral phaeohyphomycoses, which presents with brain abscesses in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent individuals.
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Fatal cerebral phaeohyphomycosis in an immunocompetent individual due to Thielavia subthermophila. [PDF]
J Clin Microbiol, 2011 ABSTRACT We report the first case of fatal brain infection in an Indian farmer caused by Thielavia subthermophila , a dematiaceous thermophilic fungus in the order Sordariales , and present a review of previous infections from this order.
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Fatal cerebral phaeohyphomycosis caused by Cladophialophora bantiana mimicking tuberculous brain abscess. [PDF]
Germs, 2021 Introduction Cladophialophora bantiana, a neurotropic phaeoid fungus, is the primary agent of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis. The disease more commonly affects immunocompetent males and is associated with a high mortality rate. Case report We report a case
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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.
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Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis caused by Rhinocladiella mackenziei in a woman native to Afghanistan. [PDF]
J Clin Microbiol, 2010 ABSTRACT Rhinocladiella mackenziei is a recognized cause of endemic cerebral phaeohyphomycosis in the Middle East area. Surgical resection of the abscesses and posaconazole treatment have improved the ominous prognosis of this disease.
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Case Report: Cerebral Phaeohyphomycosis Due to Chaetomium strumarium in a Child with Visceral Heterotaxy Syndrome. [PDF]
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2021 Chaetomium sp. is a mold, member of the phylum Ascomycota. Clinical disease in humans is rare, particularly in children, for which only five cases have been reported.
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An Unusual Case of Brain Abscess: Cerebral Phaeohyphomycosis [PDF]
D46. CRITICAL CARE CASE REPORTS: INFECTION AND SEPSIS I, 2020 Olurotimi Adekolu, Mohammad A. Noory
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Feohifomicose cerebral ("cromoblastomicose") por Fonsecaea pedrosoi: primeiro caso demonstrado por cultura do fungo no Brasil [PDF]
, 2003 Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis ("chromoblastomycosis") is a rare intracranial lesion. We report the first human culture-proven case of brain abscesses due to Fonsecaea pedrosoi in Brazil.
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Low Central Nervous System Posaconazole Concentrations during Cerebral Phaeohyphomycosis. [PDF]
Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 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
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