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Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis caused by Bipolaris spicifera after heart transplantation
Author(s) -
Rosow L.,
Jiang J.X.,
Deuel T.,
Lechpammer M.,
Zamani A.A.,
Milner D.A.,
Folkerth R.,
Marty F.M.,
Kesari S.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2011.00610.x
Subject(s) - bipolaris , phaeohyphomycosis , medicine , brain abscess , transplantation , abscess , heart transplantation , pathology , surgery , biology , botany
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.