Open AccessMorocco as a possible source for acquisition of Rhinocladiella mackenziei
Author(s) -
Baptiste Lafont Rapnouil,
Jérémie F. Cohen,
Éric Bailly,
Louis Bernard,
Dea GarciaHermoso,
Fanny Lanternier,
Catherine Horodyckid,
Lucie Limousin,
Ephrem Salamé,
Ilyess Zemmoura,
Guillaume Désoubeaux,
Olivier Lortholary
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
plos neglected tropical diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.99
H-Index - 135
eISSN - 1935-2735
pISSN - 1935-2727
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009563
Subject(s) - phaeohyphomycosis , medicine , dermatology , pathology
Rhinocladiella mackenziei cerebral phaeohyphomycosis is a rare severe disease that has been typically described in the Middle East. Here, we report 2 cases of R . mackenziei cerebral phaeohyphomycosis in patients from Morocco, diagnosed and treated in France, and raise a concern about the ever-going extension of the area at risk for this devastating invasive fungal infection.