Rhodotorula rubra ventriculitis

J Infect. 1988 Mar;16(2):187-91. doi: 10.1016/s0163-4453(88)94097-2.

Abstract

We describe a case of post-operative ventriculitis in an immunocompetent patient caused by an unusual organism, namely Rhodotorula rubra. The patient was treated successfully with antifungal agents.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amphotericin B / adverse effects
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Cerebral Ventricles*
  • Encephalitis / drug therapy
  • Encephalitis / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Flucytosine / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Immune Tolerance
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Meningioma / surgery
  • Mycoses / complications*
  • Mycoses / drug therapy
  • Postoperative Complications / drug therapy
  • Postoperative Complications / microbiology*
  • Rhodotorula / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Amphotericin B
  • Flucytosine