Ventriculitis due to infection with Rhizopus arrhizus

A 52-year-old heart–lung transplant patient presented to the emergency department with acute onset of neurologic symptoms. MRI showed ballooning of the left ventricle, midline shift and contrast enhancement in the anterior horn of the left ventricle. Ventricle neuroendoscopy revealed whitish, flocco...

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Autores principales: Hagel, Stefan, Ewald, Christian, Doenst, Torsten, Sachse, Svea, Roedel, Jürgen, Pletz, Mathias W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4706622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26862476
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2015.12.004
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author Hagel, Stefan
Ewald, Christian
Doenst, Torsten
Sachse, Svea
Roedel, Jürgen
Pletz, Mathias W.
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Ewald, Christian
Doenst, Torsten
Sachse, Svea
Roedel, Jürgen
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description A 52-year-old heart–lung transplant patient presented to the emergency department with acute onset of neurologic symptoms. MRI showed ballooning of the left ventricle, midline shift and contrast enhancement in the anterior horn of the left ventricle. Ventricle neuroendoscopy revealed whitish, floccose aerial structures within the left ventricle. Brain biopsy cultures grew Rhizopus arrhizus. Therapy with liposomale amphotericin B and posaconazole was performed. Except for hemianopsia and deficits in minute motor activity, the patient completely recovered.
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spelling pubmed-47066222016-02-09 Ventriculitis due to infection with Rhizopus arrhizus Hagel, Stefan Ewald, Christian Doenst, Torsten Sachse, Svea Roedel, Jürgen Pletz, Mathias W. Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report A 52-year-old heart–lung transplant patient presented to the emergency department with acute onset of neurologic symptoms. MRI showed ballooning of the left ventricle, midline shift and contrast enhancement in the anterior horn of the left ventricle. Ventricle neuroendoscopy revealed whitish, floccose aerial structures within the left ventricle. Brain biopsy cultures grew Rhizopus arrhizus. Therapy with liposomale amphotericin B and posaconazole was performed. Except for hemianopsia and deficits in minute motor activity, the patient completely recovered. Elsevier 2015-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4706622/ /pubmed/26862476 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2015.12.004 Text en © 2015 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_sort ventriculitis due to infection with rhizopus arrhizus
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4706622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26862476
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