First case of systemic phaeohyphomycosis due to Cladophialophora bantiana in Slovakia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Melanized or dematiaceous fungi are associated with a wide variety of infectious syndromes. Cladophialophora bantiana is one of the most common and dangerous neurotropic fungi, able to cause brain abscess and disseminated infection.

Case presentation

We report a new case of phaeohyphomycosis brain abscesses caused by C. bantiana in Slovakia. The patient was a 63-year-old man having undergone heart transplantation, with dyspnoea, left-sided bronchopneumonia and fevers. CT (computed tomography) and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) of the brain revealed numerous abscesses. Bacterial infection was proven by neither the growth of bacteria in culture nor the presence of bacterial antigens. Direct microscopy of the pus from the brain abscess showed Gram-p

SUBMITTER: Sladekova M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5415929 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature