Fatal cerebral phaeohyphomycosis in an immunocompetent individual due to Thielavia subthermophila.

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. The patient failed amphotericin B therapy combined with surgical excision despite the drug's low MICs in vitro.

SUBMITTER: Badali H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3122724 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature