Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis caused by Rhinocladiella mackenziei in a woman native to Afghanistan

Alejandro Cristini; Dea Garcia-Hermoso; Marie Celard; Gilles Albrand; Olivier Lortholary

doi:10.1128/JCM.00924-10

Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis caused by Rhinocladiella mackenziei in a woman native to Afghanistan

J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Sep;48(9):3451-4. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00924-10. Epub 2010 Jun 30.

Authors

Alejandro Cristini¹, Dea Garcia-Hermoso, Marie Celard, Gilles Albrand, Olivier Lortholary

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery C, Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, University of Lyon, Lyon-Montchat, France.

Abstract

Rhinocladiella mackenziei is a recognized cause of endemic cerebral phaeohyphomycosis in the Middle East area. Surgical resection of the abscesses and posaconazole treatment have improved the ominous prognosis of this disease. We describe the case of a native Afghan woman living in France who presented with brain abscesses due to R. mackenziei.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Afghanistan
Aged, 80 and over
Ascomycota / isolation & purification*
Brain Abscess / microbiology*
Brain Abscess / pathology*
Central Nervous System Fungal Infections / diagnosis*
Central Nervous System Fungal Infections / microbiology
Central Nervous System Fungal Infections / pathology
Female
France
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Sequence Analysis, DNA

Associated data

GENBANK/HM359013
GENBANK/HM359014