Citation

Kowacs PA, Monteiro de Almeida S, Pinheiro RL, Fameli H, Piovesan EJ, Correia A, Werneck LC. J. Clin. Pathol. 2004; 57(2): 202-204.

Affiliation

Neurology Division, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital de Clínicas da Universidade Federal do Paraná, 80060-900, Curitiba, Brazil. cefaleia@hc.ufpr.br

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

14747452

PMCID

PMC1770214

Abstract

AIMS: To report the case of a 26 year old white man, who developed chronic meningitis and intracerebral granulomata 15 days after an episode of near drowning in a swamp.

METHODS: Aspergillus fumigatus was isolated from cerebrospinal fluid cultures.

RESULTS: The patient died 70 days after the symptoms were first noticed, and seven days after a subarachnoid haemorrhage. Aspergillus has never been reported before as a cause of intracranial infection after near drowning.

CONCLUSIONS: Physicians must be aware of this possibility when confronted with such a situation, because there are now effective therapeutic options for systemic aspergillosis.

Language: en