Infective meningitis caused by Phialemonium curvatum

Yueli Zou; Yuhai Bi; Hui Bu; Yunying He; Li Guo; Dongyan Shi

doi:10.1128/JCM.00419-14

Infective meningitis caused by Phialemonium curvatum

J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Aug;52(8):3111-3. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00419-14. Epub 2014 May 21.

Authors

Yueli Zou¹, Yuhai Bi², Hui Bu¹, Yunying He¹, Li Guo¹, Dongyan Shi³

Affiliations

¹ The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
² CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology (CASPMI), Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China shidongyan73@126.com Beeyh@im.ac.cn.
³ The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China shidongyan73@126.com Beeyh@im.ac.cn.

Abstract

Infections caused by rarely encountered fungal pathogens have increased in recent decades. Phialemonium species are widely distributed in the environment and are also involved in human infections, affecting both immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients. The present study describes a case of meningitis caused by Phialemonium curvatum.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
DNA, Fungal / chemistry
DNA, Fungal / genetics
Humans
Male
Meningitis, Fungal / diagnosis*
Meningitis, Fungal / microbiology*
Meningitis, Fungal / pathology
Molecular Sequence Data
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Xylariales / classification
Xylariales / genetics
Xylariales / isolation & purification*

Substances

DNA, Fungal

Associated data

GENBANK/KF318613
GENBANK/KF318614