Cerebral Aspergillosis Caused by Neosartorya hiratsukae, Brazil

We report the first case of infection by Neosartorya hiratsukae, an ascomycete in which the conidial state resembles Aspergillus fumigatus. The fungus caused a brain infection in a Brazilian woman, who died despite itraconazole treatment. Diagnosis was established by direct microscopic examination,...

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Autores principales: Guarro, Josep, Kallas, Esper G., Godoy, Patricio, Karenina, Anna, Gené, Josepa, Stchigel, Alberto, Colombo, Arnaldo Lopes
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732550/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12194781
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0809.020073
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Sumario:We report the first case of infection by Neosartorya hiratsukae, an ascomycete in which the conidial state resembles Aspergillus fumigatus. The fungus caused a brain infection in a Brazilian woman, who died despite itraconazole treatment. Diagnosis was established by direct microscopic examination, computed tomographic scan, and magnetic resonance imaging of the brain, and repeated cultures from the lesions. The in vitro antifungal susceptibility of the isolate is provided.

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