Acrophialophora levis brain abscess in a kidney transplant patient: A case report and review of the literature
2020
Modlin, Chelsea E. | Collins, Lauren F. | Burd, Eileen M. | Lockhart, Shawn R. | Marshall Lyon, G.
We report the first case of Acrophialophora levis causing cerebral phaeohyphomycosis in a solid organ transplantation recipient. A. levis is a rare cause of invasive dematiaceous fungal infection among immunocompromised persons. We describe the clinical course of a kidney transplant patient who presented with acute hemiplegia due to a brain abscess from which A. levis was isolated. We review published clinical cases attributed to Acrophialophora species infection and discuss current limitations in its identification, diagnosis and management.
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