FATAL MENINGOENCEPHALITIS CAUSED BY SCEDOSPORIUM-INFLATUM (SCEDOSPORIUM PROLIFICANS) IN A CHILD WITH LYMPHOBLASTIC-LEUKEMIA

Authors
MADRIGAL V ALONSO J BUREO E FIGOLS FJ SALESA R
Citation
V. Madrigal et al., FATAL MENINGOENCEPHALITIS CAUSED BY SCEDOSPORIUM-INFLATUM (SCEDOSPORIUM PROLIFICANS) IN A CHILD WITH LYMPHOBLASTIC-LEUKEMIA, European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases, 14(7), 1995, pp. 601-603
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,Microbiology
Journal title
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
09349723
Volume
14
Issue
7
Year of publication
1995
Pages
601 - 603
Database
ISI
SICI code
0934-9723(1995)14:7<601:FMCBS(>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
A fatal case of meningoencephalitis caused by Scedosporium inflatum (S cedosporium prolificans) in a 5-year-old boy with acute myeloblastic l eukemia who was given intrathecal treatment is reported. Itraconazole treatment was ineffective. The fungus was identified on brain sections at autopsy and was not observed in any other organ. As no other porta l of entry was detected, meningoencephalitis may have originated via d irect introduction of the fungus at therapeutic lumbar puncture.