Lethal brain abscess due to the fungus Scedosporium apiospermum (teleomorph Pseudallescheria boydii) after a near-drowning incident: Case report and review of the literature

Medical Mycology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 473-477

  Buzina, W ^a   Feierl, G ^a   Haas, D ^a   Reinthaler, F F ^a   Holl, A ^b   Kleinert, R ^c   Reichenpfader, B ^c   Roll, P ^c   Marth, E ^a  

^a Pharmakologisches Institut der Universitä t   (Austria)

^b University for Neurology Graz   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Near drowning; Pseudallescheria boydii; Scedosporium apiospermum

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CASPOFUNGIN; CATECHOLAMINE; CEPHALOSPORIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; FOSFOMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; OXYGEN; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LETHALITY; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NEAR DROWNING; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PETRIELLIDIUM BOYDII; RESUSCITATION; SCEDOSPORIUM APIOSPERMUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MADUROMYCOSIS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEAR DROWNING; PSEUDALLESCHERIA; PYRIMIDINES; SCEDOSPORIUM; TELENCEPHALON; TRIAZOLES;

FUNGI; PSEUDALLESCHERIA BOYDII;

EID: 33746792839     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780600654588     Document Type: Article

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