Acrophialophora levis brain abscess in a kidney transplant patient: A case report and review of the literature

We report the first case of Acrophialophora levis causing cerebral phaeohyphomycosis in a solid organ transplantation recipient. A. levis is a rare cause of invasive dematiaceous fungal infection among immunocompromised persons. We describe the clinical course of a kidney transplant patient who pres...

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Autores principales: Modlin, Chelsea E., Collins, Lauren F., Burd, Eileen M., Lockhart, Shawn R., Marshall Lyon, G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7103657/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32257779
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.03.002
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author Modlin, Chelsea E.
Collins, Lauren F.
Burd, Eileen M.
Lockhart, Shawn R.
Marshall Lyon, G.
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description We report the first case of Acrophialophora levis causing cerebral phaeohyphomycosis in a solid organ transplantation recipient. A. levis is a rare cause of invasive dematiaceous fungal infection among immunocompromised persons. We describe the clinical course of a kidney transplant patient who presented with acute hemiplegia due to a brain abscess from which A. levis was isolated. We review published clinical cases attributed to Acrophialophora species infection and discuss current limitations in its identification, diagnosis and management.
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spelling pubmed-71036572020-03-31 Acrophialophora levis brain abscess in a kidney transplant patient: A case report and review of the literature Modlin, Chelsea E. Collins, Lauren F. Burd, Eileen M. Lockhart, Shawn R. Marshall Lyon, G. Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report We report the first case of Acrophialophora levis causing cerebral phaeohyphomycosis in a solid organ transplantation recipient. A. levis is a rare cause of invasive dematiaceous fungal infection among immunocompromised persons. We describe the clinical course of a kidney transplant patient who presented with acute hemiplegia due to a brain abscess from which A. levis was isolated. We review published clinical cases attributed to Acrophialophora species infection and discuss current limitations in its identification, diagnosis and management. Elsevier 2020-03-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7103657/ /pubmed/32257779 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.03.002 Text en © 2020 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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Acrophialophora levis brain abscess in a kidney transplant patient: A case report and review of the literature
title Acrophialophora levis brain abscess in a kidney transplant patient: A case report and review of the literature
title_full Acrophialophora levis brain abscess in a kidney transplant patient: A case report and review of the literature
title_fullStr Acrophialophora levis brain abscess in a kidney transplant patient: A case report and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Acrophialophora levis brain abscess in a kidney transplant patient: A case report and review of the literature
title_short Acrophialophora levis brain abscess in a kidney transplant patient: A case report and review of the literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7103657/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32257779
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.03.002
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