Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis by Fonsecaea monophora: Report in a patient with AIDS and a ring enhancing lesion

Fungal infections are infrequent causes of brain abscesses. Fonsecaea monophora is a dematiaceous fungus that appears to be neurotropic. We report a case of Fonsecaea monophora infection in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, and review previous reports of brain abscesses by this orga...

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Autores principales: Bagla, Prabhava, Loeffelholz, Michael, Blanton, Lucas S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4929340/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27408767
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2016.06.002
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description Fungal infections are infrequent causes of brain abscesses. Fonsecaea monophora is a dematiaceous fungus that appears to be neurotropic. We report a case of Fonsecaea monophora infection in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, and review previous reports of brain abscesses by this organism.
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spelling pubmed-49293402016-07-12 Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis by Fonsecaea monophora: Report in a patient with AIDS and a ring enhancing lesion Bagla, Prabhava Loeffelholz, Michael Blanton, Lucas S. Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report Fungal infections are infrequent causes of brain abscesses. Fonsecaea monophora is a dematiaceous fungus that appears to be neurotropic. We report a case of Fonsecaea monophora infection in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, and review previous reports of brain abscesses by this organism. Elsevier 2016-06-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4929340/ /pubmed/27408767 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2016.06.002 Text en © 2016 International Society for Human and Animal Mycology 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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Bagla, Prabhava
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Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis by Fonsecaea monophora: Report in a patient with AIDS and a ring enhancing lesion
title Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis by Fonsecaea monophora: Report in a patient with AIDS and a ring enhancing lesion
title_full Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis by Fonsecaea monophora: Report in a patient with AIDS and a ring enhancing lesion
title_fullStr Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis by Fonsecaea monophora: Report in a patient with AIDS and a ring enhancing lesion
title_full_unstemmed Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis by Fonsecaea monophora: Report in a patient with AIDS and a ring enhancing lesion
title_short Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis by Fonsecaea monophora: Report in a patient with AIDS and a ring enhancing lesion
title_sort cerebral phaeohyphomycosis by fonsecaea monophora: report in a patient with aids and a ring enhancing lesion
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4929340/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27408767
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2016.06.002
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