Phaeohyphomycosis complicating compound skull fracture |
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| Authors: | P J Biggs R L Allen J M Powers H P Holley |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Pathology, Baptist Medical Centers, Birmingham, Alabama, USA;2. Divisions of Neurosurgery, Neuropathology, and Infectious Disease, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA;1. Virology and Pathogenesis Group, National Infection Service, Public Health England, Porton Down SP4 0JG, UK;1. Department of Microbiology, Dr. G.R. Damodaran College of Science, Avanashi Road, Civil Aerodrome Post, Coimbatore, 641 014, Tamilnadu, India;2. Faculty of Science and Informatics, Department of Microbiology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary;3. Department of Microbiology, MR Government Arts College, Mannargudi, 614 001, Tamilnadu, India;4. Department of Microbiology, Aravind Eye Hospital and Post-Graduate institute of Ophthalmology, Coimbatore, 641 014, Tamilnadu, India;5. Department of Medical Laboratory, Applied Medical Sciences College, Majmaah University, Saudi Arabia;1. Department of Microbiology (SG, UK, AC), Department of Nephrology (RR, CK, AVSSNS, VSK), Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India;1. Macula and Retina Institute, Los Angeles and Glendale, California;2. Molecular Insight Research Foundation, Los Angeles and Glendale, California;3. Division of Ophthalmology, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island;4. Departments of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Microbiology & Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York City, New York;1. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, USA;2. Main Line Health Systems, USA;4. Departments of Infectious Diseases, Chennai, Tamil Nadu;1. Departments of Microbiology, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, Tamil Nadu;2. Department of Microbiology, Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India;3. Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India |
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Intracranial infection is a well-recognized complication of compound skull fractures. In most cases various bacteria are identified as the etiologic agents. Fungal infection complicating open head trauma is unusual. We describe a patient who contracted fatal meningoencephalitis due to Drechslera spicifera, a rarely pathogenic soil saprophyte, after open head trauma. |
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