Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis caused by Cladophialophora bantiana in a Brazilian drug abuser

J Med Vet Mycol. 1997 Nov-Dec;35(6):427-31.

Abstract

We present a case of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis caused by Cladophialophora bantiana in an apparently immunocompetent patient with a history of intravenous drug use. The diagnosis was achieved in specimens obtained at necropsy by histological and mycological examination, with subsequent identification of the isolate in culture.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain / microbiology
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Brain Diseases / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Brain Diseases / microbiology*
  • Brain Diseases / pathology
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid / microbiology
  • Cocaine-Related Disorders / complications*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Mitosporic Fungi / drug effects
  • Mitosporic Fungi / isolation & purification
  • Mitosporic Fungi / physiology*
  • Mycoses / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Mycoses / microbiology*
  • Mycoses / pathology
  • Spinal Puncture
  • Substance Abuse, Intravenous / complications*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed