PRIMARY MYCOTIC ABSCESS OF THE BRAIN CAUSED BY FONSECAEA-PEDROSOI - CASE-REPORT

Authors
SANTOSH V KHANNA N SHANKAR SK PAL L DAS S CHANDRAMUKHI A KOLLURI VRS
Citation
V. Santosh et al., PRIMARY MYCOTIC ABSCESS OF THE BRAIN CAUSED BY FONSECAEA-PEDROSOI - CASE-REPORT, Journal of neurosurgery, 82(1), 1995, pp. 128-130
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,Surgery
Journal title
Journal of neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223085
Volume
82
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
128 - 130
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3085(1995)82:1<128:PMAOTB>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A case of cerebral abscess caused by Fonsecaea pedrosoi is reported in a nonimmunocompromised 15-year-old boy. In the absence of a primary c utaneous lesion, this fungus was considered to be a primary neuropatho gen. The fungus was cultured and characterized from the abscess materi al obtained at surgery. Prompt therapy using amphotericin B and 5-fluc ytosine helped in the successful recovery of this patient.