First Autochthonous Case of Rhinocladiella mackenziei Cerebral Abscess Outside the Middle East

Authors :: Shaifali Bansal
G.S. de Hoog
Hamid Badali
S. S. Borkar
Jacques F. Meis
Jagdish Chander
Atul Aher
Evolutionary Biology (IBED, FNWI)
Source :: Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 48(2), 648-649. American Society for Microbiology, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 48(2), 646-649. American Society for Microbiology, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 48, 646-9, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 48, 2, pp. 646-9
Publication Year :: 2010
Publisher :: American Society for Microbiology, 2010.
Abstract: Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis due to Rhinocladiella mackenziei is a severe infection in the middle east, resulting in nearly 100% mortality despite the application of combined surgical and antifungal therapy and occurring occasionally in otherwise healthy patients. We report the first case of brain infection in a middle-aged male in India, where R. mackenziei is not endemic.

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