Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis by Fonsecaea monophora: Report in a patient with AIDS and a ring enhancing lesion

Prabhava Bagla; Michael Loeffelholz; Lucas S. Blanton

doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2016.06.002

Medical Mycology Case Reports (Jun 2016)

Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis by Fonsecaea monophora: Report in a patient with AIDS and a ring enhancing lesion

Prabhava Bagla,
Michael Loeffelholz,
Lucas S. Blanton

Affiliations

Prabhava Bagla: Department of Internal Medicine–Division of Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555, United States
Michael Loeffelholz: Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555, United States
Lucas S. Blanton: Department of Internal Medicine–Division of Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555, United States

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2016.06.002
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. C
pp. 4 – 7

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Fungal infections are infrequent causes of brain abscesses. Fonsecaea monophora is a dematiaceous fungus that appears to be neurotropic. We report a case of Fonsecaea monophora infection in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, and review previous reports of brain abscesses by this organism.

Published in Medical Mycology Case Reports

ISSN: 2211-7539 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General); Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/medical-mycology-case-reports/

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