ReviewJournal of clinical microbiology1996
Brain abscess caused by Schizophyllum commune: an emerging basidiomycete pathogen.
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- Disseminated and fatal infection by Schizophyllum commune in a harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) kept under human care in Brazil.Veterinary research communications · 2026Article
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- A 59-Year-Old Man With a Pulmonary Cavity Containing Fungus Balls.CHEST pulmonary · 2024Article
- Molecular epidemiology of clinical filamentous fungi in Qatar beyond Aspergillus and Fusarium with notes on the rare species.Medical mycology · 2022Article
- Disseminated fungal infection withMedical mycology case reports · 2022Article
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- A case of primary pulmonary Schizophyllum commune empyema treated with video-assisted thoracoscopic decortication.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2021Article
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- Corneal ulcer possibly caused by the opportunistic pathogenInternational journal of ophthalmology · 2020Article
- Ulcerative cutaneous lesions in the plantar aspect of foot owing to Schizophyllum commune.International wound journal · 2019Article
- First report on cutaneous infectious granuloma caused by Schizophyllum commune.BMC infectious diseases · 2018Article
- Eosinophilic plasmacytic conjunctivitis concurrent with gingival fistula caused byMedical mycology case reports · 2017Article
- Fungemia associated with Schizophyllum commune in Brazil.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2017Article
- Schizophyllum radiatum, an Emerging Fungus from Human Respiratory Tract.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2016Article
- First report of otitis externa caused by Schizophyllum commune and review of the literature.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2016Review
- Extensive sampling of basidiomycete genomes demonstrates inadequacy of the white-rot/brown-rot paradigm for wood decay fungi.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2014Article
- Schizophillum commune causing sinusitis with nasal polyposis in the sub-Himalayan region: first case report and review.Mycopathologia · 2014Review
- Fatal empyema thoracis caused by Schizophyllum commune with cross-reactive cryptococcal antigenemia.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2014Article
- Clinical significance and molecular characterization of nonsporulating molds isolated from the respiratory tracts of bronchopulmonary mycosis patients with special reference to basidiomycetes.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2013Article
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Abstract
Despite the worldwide distribution and prevalence of Schizophyllum commune, an emerging basidiomycetous pathogen, human infections occur only rarely. We describe the first well-documented pulmonary infection caused by S. commune which disseminated to the brain of a 58-year-old patient undergoing empiric corticosteroid therapy. Magnetic resonance imaging scans revealed ring-enhancing masses. Histologic examination of biopsy tissue from lungs and brain showed hyaline, septate, branched hyphae with clamp connections. Cultures of the lung tissue grew S. commune, which produced numerous, characteristic flabelliform and medusoid fruiting bodies on Czapek's agar. The isolate was susceptible to amphotericin B (MIC, < 0.03 microgram/ml) and fluconazole (MIC, 8 micrograms/ml). Despite treatment with antifungal and antibacterial agents, the patient developed progressive pulmonary failure and bacterial sepsis and died.
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