Open AccessCEREBRAL PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS CAUSED BY FONSECAEA MONOPHORA: FIRST REPORT FROM INDIA
Author(s) -
Prithvi Varghese,
Muhammed Jasim Abdul Jalal,
Suhail Ahmad,
Ziauddin Khan,
Molly Johny,
Pushpa Mahadevan,
Leena Joseph,
Rachel Chandy,
Susy Paul
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of surgery and medicine/international journal of surgery and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2367-7414
pISSN - 2367-699X
DOI - 10.5455/ijsm.neurosurgery01
Subject(s) - phaeohyphomycosis , medicine , dermatology , pathology
We report a case of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis caused by a dematiaceous fungus, Fonsecaea monophora, in a patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus and decompensated chronic liver disease. CT brain revealed a 2x2cm hypodense cystic lesion in the right lentiform nucleus region with significant peri-lesional oedema. Stereotactic burr hole aspiration of the lesion with biopsy of the abscess wall was done and the aspirated pus from the lesion showed branched septate hyphae with light brown pigmentation. Culture of the pus grew a dematiaceous fungus, identified by morphological and molecular studies as Fonsecaea monophora. The isolate was susceptible to voriconazole (MIC, 0.004 µg/ml) but showed reduced susceptibility to amphotericin B (MIC, 4 µg/ml). The patient’s caregivers were not willing for a decompressive procedure and hence was treated medically with combined Amphotericin B and voriconazole antifungal therapy. Ultimately, the patient expired due to raised intracranial tension and resultant brain-stem dysfunction. This is the first case of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis caused by Fonsecaea monophora reported from India