Microascus cinereus (Anamorph Scopulariopsis ) Brain Abscess in a Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient | Zendy

John W. Baddley | Zendy; Stephen A. Moser | Zendy; Deanna A. Sutton | Zendy; Peter G. Pappas | Zendy

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Microascus cinereus (Anamorph Scopulariopsis ) Brain Abscess in a Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient

Author(s) -

John W. Baddley,

Stephen A. Moser,

Deanna A. Sutton,

Peter G. Pappas

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

journal of clinical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349

H-Index - 255

eISSN - 1070-633X

pISSN - 0095-1137

DOI - 10.1128/jcm.38.1.395-397.2000

Subject(s) - brain abscess , itraconazole , abscess , craniotomy , bone marrow transplant , bone marrow transplantation , amphotericin b , bone marrow , biology , pathology , medicine , surgery , antifungal , microbiology and biotechnology

We report the first documented case of brain abscess due to the dematiaceous fungus Microascus cinereus, an organism common in soil and stored grain. M. cinereus was isolated from brain abscess material from a bone marrow transplant recipient. The patient responded well to treatment by amphotericin B lipid complex, itraconazole, and a craniotomy but later died from secondary complications caused by graft-versus-host disease.

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