Brain abscess by #Cladophialophora bantiana in renal transplant pt. Dematiaceous (black mold) fungus: melanin pigments in cell walls. neurotropism. Tx: surgical excision & combo antifungal w/ampho, azoles (itraconazole or voriconazole) & flucytocine. #phaeohyphomycosis

#Phaeoacremonium tuscanicum and Phaeoacremonium indicum sp. nov. associated with #subcutaneous #phaeohyphomycosis
doi.org/10.1080/2150...
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In CNS #phaeohyphomycosis most frequent dematiaceous fungi species isolated is Cladophialophora bantiana but occasionally CNS phaeohyphomycosis due to #Curvularia spp. have been reported

Cns #Phaeohyphomycosis reported in both immunocompetent & immunosuppressed.
Most of immunocompromised w/malignancy, solid organ transplant or neutropenia.
rarely reported with suppressed immune system from steroids

Multifocal cerebral #phaeohyphomycosis due to #Curvularia croissant shaped ref pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

November cover of The Lancet Microbe with a coloured TEM of HIV (pink) budding from the surface of a T lymphocyte (blue).

The November issue of The Lancet Microbe is now online:

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The journal is #OpenAccess, so you are free to explore all of the content. But these hashtags offer a flavour: #Ebola #malaria #TB #HIV #dengue #chikungunya #WBE #WBS #phaeohyphomycosis #AMR #STIs

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New research article in The Lancet Microbe

Reappraising #Cladophialophora bantiana #phaeohyphomycosis in France: retrospective nation-based study

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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