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Imaging in phaeohyphomycosis of the brain: case report

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A case of multiple, conglomerated brain abscesses due toXylohypha bantiana, with unique imaging features, is presented. This is the first culture-proven case of brain infection due to this fungus in the neuroimaging literature.

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  1. New Delhi Scan Research Institute, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, 110060, New Delhi, India

    T. B. S. Buxi, R. Vohra & D. Bhatia

  2. Department of Microbiology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India

    K. Prakash

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Buxi, T.B.S., Prakash, K., Vohra, R. et al. Imaging in phaeohyphomycosis of the brain: case report. Neuroradiology 38, 139–141 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00604800

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