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== Further Reading == |
== Further Reading == |
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* McCarthy ''et al.'' Mold Infections of the Central Nervous System. NEJM. 2014;371:150. doi: [https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMra1216008 10.1056/NEJMra1216008] |
* McCarthy ''et al.'' Mold Infections of the Central Nervous System. ''NEJM''. 2014;371:150. doi: [https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMra1216008 10.1056/NEJMra1216008] |
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Revision as of 19:44, 2 November 2019
- Aspergillus species: first line treatment voriconazole
- Scedosporium apiospermum: associated with immunocompetent patients after drowning
- Cladophialophora bantiana (dematiaceous mold)
- Ochroconis gallopava (dematiaceous mold)
- Exserohilum rostratum (dematiaceous mold)
- Mucorales species (Mucor circinelloides): associated with mycotic aneurysms and infarcts
- Fusarium species (although causing CNS infections in the form of bilateral endophthalmitis, does not really causes brain abscess)
Further Reading
- McCarthy et al. Mold Infections of the Central Nervous System. NEJM. 2014;371:150. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1216008
