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Transpl Infect Dis
; 13(4): 419-23, 2011 Aug.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21323827
RESUMEN
Phaeohyphomycosis is an increasingly recognized cause of brain abscess in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts. We report a case of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis in a 55-year-old male heart transplant recipient caused by Bipolaris spicifera. We review the literature regarding the pathogenesis, epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of infections with dematiaceous fungi.