Brain abscess caused by Cladophialophora bantiana: Total remission after full resection and short-course Voriconazole treatment

We report on a brain abscess in an immunocompetent man caused by Cladophialophora bantiana, a black mold known to prefer the brain for abscess-formations with a mortality rate up to 65%. The published cases so far show different therapeutical approaches and outcomes, whereby a standardized treatment...

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Autores principales: Schweizer, Li-Anne, Bärlocher, Lorenz, Graber, Anne, Boggian, Katia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6304373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30619682
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.12.001
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author Schweizer, Li-Anne
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description We report on a brain abscess in an immunocompetent man caused by Cladophialophora bantiana, a black mold known to prefer the brain for abscess-formations with a mortality rate up to 65%. The published cases so far show different therapeutical approaches and outcomes, whereby a standardized treatment could not yet be established. We report on a case of Cladophialophora bantiana brain abscess with total remission of the abscess after full resection and a short antifungal treatment.
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spelling pubmed-63043732019-01-07 Brain abscess caused by Cladophialophora bantiana: Total remission after full resection and short-course Voriconazole treatment Schweizer, Li-Anne Bärlocher, Lorenz Graber, Anne Boggian, Katia Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report We report on a brain abscess in an immunocompetent man caused by Cladophialophora bantiana, a black mold known to prefer the brain for abscess-formations with a mortality rate up to 65%. The published cases so far show different therapeutical approaches and outcomes, whereby a standardized treatment could not yet be established. We report on a case of Cladophialophora bantiana brain abscess with total remission of the abscess after full resection and a short antifungal treatment. Elsevier 2018-12-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6304373/ /pubmed/30619682 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.12.001 Text en © 2018 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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Brain abscess caused by Cladophialophora bantiana: Total remission after full resection and short-course Voriconazole treatment
title Brain abscess caused by Cladophialophora bantiana: Total remission after full resection and short-course Voriconazole treatment
title_full Brain abscess caused by Cladophialophora bantiana: Total remission after full resection and short-course Voriconazole treatment
title_fullStr Brain abscess caused by Cladophialophora bantiana: Total remission after full resection and short-course Voriconazole treatment
title_full_unstemmed Brain abscess caused by Cladophialophora bantiana: Total remission after full resection and short-course Voriconazole treatment
title_short Brain abscess caused by Cladophialophora bantiana: Total remission after full resection and short-course Voriconazole treatment
title_sort brain abscess caused by cladophialophora bantiana: total remission after full resection and short-course voriconazole treatment
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6304373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30619682
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.12.001
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