A CLADOPHIALOPHORA BRAIN ABSCESS IN A RENAL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT

Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2016 Sep;47(5):1026-31.

Abstract

Cladophialophora bantiana is a dematiceous fungus with neurotrophic propensity for which therapy is not standardized and mortality is high. We report here a 49 year old non-diabetic renal transplant patient on triple immunosuppressant therapy who presented with a history of falls, weakness and headaches. A computed tomography scan of the brain revealed a 30 mm diameter abscess in the brain which was removed surgically and diagnosed on culture as C. bantiana. The patient was successfully treated medically post-operatively with chronic posaconazole. We review the literature regarding central nervous system infections due to C. bantiana.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Ascomycota*
  • Brain Abscess / drug therapy
  • Brain Abscess / microbiology*
  • Brain Abscess / surgery
  • Central Nervous System Fungal Infections / microbiology*
  • Central Nervous System Fungal Infections / pathology
  • Central Nervous System Fungal Infections / therapy
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Kidney
  • Kidney Transplantation*
  • Male
  • Triazoles / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Triazoles
  • posaconazole