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ArticleNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2021

First case report of fungal meningitis due to a polypore mushroom Irpex lacteus.

Yuya Kano, Yuka Yamagishi, Katsuhiko Kamei, Yoshikazu Mutoh, Hiroyuki Yuasa, Kentaro Yamada, Noriyuki Matsukawa

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Article in Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Yuya KanoDepartment of Neurology, Tosei General Hospital, 160 Nishioiwake-cho, Seto, Aichi, 489-8642, Japan. infinityfreedom0427@yahoo.co.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2017-7420
Yuka YamagishiDepartment of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan.
Katsuhiko KameiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Medical Mycology Research Center, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Yoshikazu MutohDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Tosei General Hospital, Seto, Aichi, Japan.
Hiroyuki YuasaDepartment of Neurology, Tosei General Hospital, 160 Nishioiwake-cho, Seto, Aichi, 489-8642, Japan.
Kentaro YamadaDepartment of Neurology, Nagoya City East Medical Center, Wakamizu 1-2-23, Chikusa ward, Nagoya, Aichi, 464-8547, Japan.
Noriyuki MatsukawaDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Tosei General Hospital · JPAichi Medical University · JPChiba University Hospital · JPNagoya City University · JPNagoya Medical Center · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 73-year-old Japanese man with a medical history of sarcoidosis was diagnosed with meningitis caused by an undetermined fungus. For further identification, the cerebrospinal fluid sample was analyzed for the rDNA internally transcribed spacer regions, and the fungus was identified as Irpex lacteus. I. lacteus is classified under phylum Basidiomycota and is a wood-rotting bracket mushroom. Although there is no standard treatment regimen for I. lacteus infections, amphotericin B was effective in this patient. Herein, we present, to our knowledge, the first reported case of fungal meningitis caused by I. lacteus, its treatment course, and review relevant published literature.

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BasidiomycotaMeningitis, FungalAgedHumansPolyporalesAmphotericin BFilamentous basidiomycetesInternal transcribed spacerIrpex lacteusMeningitisVasoconstrictions

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PMID33400066
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