Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis caused by Bipolaris spicifera after heart transplantation |
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| Authors: | T. Deuel M. Lechpammer A.A. Zamani D.A. Milner R. Folkerth F.M. Marty S. Kesari |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA;2. Department of Neurology;3. Department of Pathology;4. Department of Radiology;5. Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA;6. Department of Neurosciences, Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA;7. Department of Medical Oncology, Dana‐Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
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| Abstract: | L. Rosow, J.X. Jiang, T. Deuel, M. Lechpammer, A.A. Zamani, D.A. Milner, R. Folkerth, F.M. Marty, S. Kesari. Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis caused by Bipolaris spicifera after heart transplantation.
Transpl Infect Dis 2011: 13: 419–423. All rights reserved Abstract: Phaeohyphomycosis is an increasingly recognized cause of brain abscess in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts. We report a case of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis in a 55‐year‐old male heart transplant recipient caused by Bipolaris spicifera. We review the literature regarding the pathogenesis, epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of infections with dematiaceous fungi. |
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| Keywords: | brain abscess phaeohyphomycosis heart transplantation Bipolaris spicifera immunosuppression |
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