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ArticleCurrent medical mycology2020

A rare case of fatal cerebral phaeohyphomycosis caused by

Ranjana Rohilla, Suneeta Meena, Nishant Goyal, Neelam Kaistha

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Article in Current medical mycology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ranjana RohillaDepartment of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Science, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
Suneeta MeenaDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, AIIMS, Delh.
Nishant GoyalDepartment of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Science, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
Neelam KaisthaDepartment of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Science, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences RishikeshAll India Institute of Medical Sciences · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and purposeHerein, we describe a rare case of fatal cerebral phaeohyphomycosis by CASE REPORT: A 55-year-old female presented with a short history of fever for 1 month, as well as headache, sudden onset of right-sided upper and lower limb weakness, and loss of speech for 10 days. Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging scan revealed large, peripherally enhancing, well-defined, cystic, space- occupying, axial lesion in the left parietal lobe with a mass effect. The patient was subjected to craniotomy, and the drained pus revealed pigmented septate hyphae in potassium hydroxide mount examination, which was identified as

conclusionIn the absence of comparative trials owing to the rarity of the disease, the radical resection of lesion, drainage of pus, and prolonged targeted antifungal therapy with close postoperative radiological surveillance are the therapeutic measures of choice for patients with brain abscess caused by phaeoid fungi.

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Brain abscessCerebral pheohyphomycosisCladophialophora bantianaMelanised fungi

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PMID33834147
PMCPMC8018825
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