Microascus cinereus (anamorph Scopulariopsis) brain abscess in a bone marrow transplant recipient

Authors
Baddley, JW Moser, SA Sutton, DA Pappas, PG
Citation
Jw. Baddley et al., Microascus cinereus (anamorph Scopulariopsis) brain abscess in a bone marrow transplant recipient, J CLIN MICR, 38(1), 2000, pp. 395-397
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Microbiology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00951137 → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
395 - 397
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(200001)38:1<395:MC(SBA>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
We report the first documented case of brain abscess due to the dematiaceou s fungus Microascus cinereus, an organism common in soil and stored grain. M, cinereus was isolated from brain abscess material from a bone marrow tra nsplant recipient. The patient responded well to treatment by amphotericin B lipid complex, itraconazole, and a craniotomy but later died from seconda ry complications caused by graft-versus-host disease.