ArticleJournal of neurological surgery reports2014
Intracranial fusarium fungal abscess in an immunocompetent patient: case report and review of the literature.
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- Treatment of Fusarium Infection of the Central Nervous System: A Review of Past Cases to Guide Therapy for the Ongoing 2023 Outbreak in the United States and Mexico.Mycopathologia · 2023Review
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- Multiple Fusarium brain abscesses in a young child.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2022Article
- Central Nervous System Infections Due to Aspergillus and Other Hyaline Molds.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Review
- Neuroinfections caused by fungi.Infection · 2018Review
- Reduced Multidrug Susceptibility Profile Is a Common Feature of Opportunistic Fusarium Species: Fusarium Multi-Drug Resistant Pattern.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2017Review
- A Case of Fungus Ball-Type Pansinusitis Due to Fusarium proliferatum.Mycopathologia · 2015Article
- Skin and subcutaneous mycoses in tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) caused by Fusarium oxysporum in coinfection with Aeromonas hydrophila.Medical mycology case reports · 2015Article
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Abstract
Introduction Fusarium spp is an omnipresent fungal species that may lead to fatal infections in immunocompromised populations. Spontaneous intracranial infection by Fusarium spp in immunocompetent individuals is exceedingly rare. Case Report An immunocompetent 33-year-old Hispanic woman presented with persistent headaches and was found to have a contrast-enhancing mass in the left petrous apex and prepontine cistern. She underwent a subsequent craniotomy for biopsy and partial resection that revealed a Fusarium abscess. She had a left transient partial oculomotor palsy following the operation that resolved over the next few weeks. She was treated with long-term intravenous antifungal therapy and remained at her neurologic baseline 18 months following the intervention. Discussion To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of Fusarium spp brain abscess in an immunocompetent patient. Treatment options include surgical intervention and various antifungal medications. Conclusion This case demonstrates the rare potential of intracranial Fusarium infection in the immunocompetent host, as well as its successful treatment with surgical aspiration and antifungal therapy.
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