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ReviewThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2024

Case Report: Successful Treatment of Cerebral Phaeohyphomycosis with Voriconazole: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Hao Bai, Chao Li, Xiangyu Lai, Xiaogang Hu, Lixian Li, Wanyi Chen

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Review in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hao BaiDepartment of Pharmacy, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, China.
Chao LiDepartment of Pharmacy, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, China.
Xiangyu LaiDepartment of Pharmacy, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, China.
Xiaogang HuDepartment of Pharmacy, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, China.
Lixian LiDepartment of Pharmacy, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, China.
Wanyi ChenDepartment of Pharmacy, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, China.
Chongqing Cancer Hospital · CNChongqing University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fonsecaea monophora is a species of Fonsecaea that belongs to Chaetothyriales. It is usually isolated from tropical and subtropical regions, causing reactive inflammation, skin abscesses, and pain. Cerebral infection caused by F. monophora is rare but often fatal. Diagnosing this disease at an early stage is difficult, and appropriate antifungal therapy is often delayed as a result. We report the case of a 53-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes who presented with a headache 2 months ago and progressive right-sided weakness of 1 month's duration. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a space-occupying lesion in the left frontal lobe and corpus callosum. The cystic mass was removed by surgical intervention, and the identification of the sample based on sequencing of the internal transcribed spaced region in BLAST-N search showed that the sequences producing most significant alignments were F. monophora or similar (query cover 99%, E value 0.0, per ident 99.84). The patient was treated with a 3-month course of twice daily voriconazole, leading to complete recovery.

Indexed as

Cerebral PhaeohyphomycosisDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Antifungal AgentsFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMiddle AgedVoriconazoleAntifungal AgentsVoriconazole

Identifiers

PMID38227961
PMCPMC10859812
OpenAlexW4390919163

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