Fungal brain abscesses
From IDWiki
- 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