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Mycoses ; 66(9): 755-766, 2023 09.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37165906

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Rhinocladiella mackenziei is a highly neurotropic fungus, mainly reported from the Middle East. However, in recent years, there have been some cases from outside this region. We described an additional fatal case of R. mackenziei cerebral infection for the first time from Turkey and made a literature review of all previously reported cases. During 34 years (1988-2022), there have been 42 R. mackenziei brain abscess cases. Most patients have been reported from Saudi Arabia (n = 14, 33.3%). It is noteworthy that 40.5% of patients, including our case, were immunocompetent at initial diagnosis and mostly presented with a single lesion (n = 10, 23.8%). The most frequent comorbidities were solid organ transplant (n = 9, 21.4%), diabetes mellitus (n = 6, 14.3%), malignancy (n = 6, 14.3%) and prior surgery (n = 3, 7.1%). The most commonly used initial antifungal regimen were amphotericin B together with itraconazole (n = 9, 21.4%), combinations of lipid preparations of amphotericin B, voriconazole and/or posaconazole (n = 9, 21.4%) and amphotericin B alone (n = 8, 19%). Although both surgical procedures and antifungal medication in the majority of patients were performed, mortality rates remained high (90.4%). The area at risk of R. mackenziei cerebral abscess cases extends to other countries. Clinicians should be aware of this emerging disease and take a detailed travel history in patients with atypical and undocumented brain abscesses. Our case confirms the hypothesis that this fungus might spread more widely than previously predicted regions.


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Absceso Encefálico , Infecciones Fúngicas del Sistema Nervioso Central , Humanos , Antifúngicos/uso terapéutico , Anfotericina B/uso terapéutico , Turquía , Infecciones Fúngicas del Sistema Nervioso Central/diagnóstico , Infecciones Fúngicas del Sistema Nervioso Central/tratamiento farmacológico , Infecciones Fúngicas del Sistema Nervioso Central/microbiología , Absceso Encefálico/tratamiento farmacológico , Absceso Encefálico/microbiología , Absceso Encefálico/patología
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