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ArticleCureus2025

Silent Fungal Invasion: A Case of Aspergillus Brain Abscesses in an Immunocompetent Older Adult Patient.

Jamie Therese Abad, Amanda Darzi, Kashmira Wani, Jasmine Omar

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jamie Therese AbadInternal Medicine, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, USA.
Amanda DarziInternal Medicine, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, USA.
Kashmira WaniInternal Medicine, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, USA.
Jasmine OmarInternal Medicine, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain abscesses caused by fungal pathogens are uncommon in immunocompetent individuals. An 84-year-old man presented with fever and headache. Brain imaging identified a nonspecific right frontal lesion. He returned with worsening symptoms and confusion after two weeks, with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealing multiple abscesses with ring enhancement. Cultures from surgical resection and drainage samples grew

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aspergillusaspergillus sppbrain abscesscerebral aspergillosisunusual presentations of aspergillosis

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PMID40530391
PMCPMC12170245

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