Citation

Rüchel R, Wilichowski E. Mycoses 1995; 38(11-12): 473-475.

Affiliation

Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Göttingen, Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Grosse Verlag)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8720198

Abstract

Scedosporium apiospermum, an anamorph of Pseudallescheria boydii, is a hyalohyphomycete which can be mistaken, histologically, for Aspergillus. S. apiospermum is clinically distinguished by resistance to most antifungals and its ability to cause invasive mycoses in immunocompetent patients. Here we present a typical case of lethal cerebral Pseudallescheria mycosis in a child after near-drowning.

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