Cladophialophora bantiana brain abscess in a solid-organ transplant recipient: case report and review of the literature

J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Sep;42(9):4374-8. doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.9.4374-4378.2004.

Abstract

Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis caused by Cladophialophora bantiana is a rare disease. We describe a heart and bilateral lung transplant recipient who was unsuccessfully treated for a C. bantiana brain abscess. This report compares the present case to those of other solid-organ transplant recipients with the same infection and to those of patients who did not receive transplants.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Ascomycota* / drug effects
  • Brain Diseases / microbiology*
  • Brain Diseases / pathology
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Mycoses / diagnosis*
  • Mycoses / drug therapy
  • Mycoses / pathology
  • Necrosis

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents