MRI findings and encouraging fluconazole treatment results of intracranial Cladosporium trichoides infection

Infection. 1995 Jan-Feb;23(1):60-2. doi: 10.1007/BF01710062.

Abstract

The authors report on a 31-year-old male patient harboring multiple intracranial mass lesions which proved histologically to be due to infection with Cladosporium trichoides upon removal of one of the lesions. Aggressive antifungal chemotherapy with fluconazole (400 mg/d for 3 months) in combination with surgery resulted in good clinical and radiologic outcome which prompted us to report this case.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Abscess / diagnosis
  • Brain Abscess / drug therapy*
  • Brain Abscess / microbiology
  • Cladosporium*
  • Fluconazole / administration & dosage
  • Fluconazole / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Mycoses / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Fluconazole