CNS infection caused by Pseudallescheria boydii in a near-drowning traveller from a traffic accident

J Travel Med. 2016 Feb 15;23(2):tav018. doi: 10.1093/jtm/tav018. Print 2016 Feb.

Authors

Xin-Yu Wang¹, Sheng-Lei Yu¹, Shu Chen¹, Wen-Hong Zhang²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China zhangwenhong@fudan.edu.cn.

PMID: 26883923
DOI: 10.1093/jtm/tav018

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Accidents, Traffic
Adult
Central Nervous System Fungal Infections / complications
Central Nervous System Fungal Infections / diagnosis*
Central Nervous System Fungal Infections / diagnostic imaging
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Male
Motorcycles
Near Drowning*
Pseudallescheria / isolation & purification*
Skull Fractures / complications
Skull Fractures / diagnosis*
Skull Fractures / diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Travel Medicine