Brain abscess caused by Phaeoacremonium parasiticum in an immunocompromised patient.

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Category Primary study
JournalJournal of clinical microbiology
Year 2011
Phaeoacremonium parasiticum is an environmental fungus usually associated with subcutaneous infections. We report the first documented case of central nervous system involvement with brain abscess formation in a patient with chronic granulomatous disease and review the literature on Phaeoacremonium parasiticum infections.
Epistemonikos ID: 097f39cf7ce2eb71083124863101007bbf14f0e6
First added on: Apr 28, 2014