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Successful treatment of a brain abscess due toTrichoderma longibrachiatum after surgical resection

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A case of brain abscess due toTrichoderma longibrachiatum in a leukemic patient with prolonged neutropenia is reported. Definitive cure was achieved after neurosurgical resection of the abscess and prolonged antifungal therapy.Trichoderma is a filamentous fungus species, which is only exceptionally pathogenic in humans. This genus and particularly the speciesTrichoderma longibrachiatum should be added to the growing list of fungi causing infection in immunocompromised patients.

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  1. Clinique des Maladies Infectieuses et Réanimation Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Pontchaillou, 2 rue Henri Le Guilloux, 35035, Rennes Cedex, France

    P. Seguin, A. Gacouin & C. Camus

  2. Laboratoire de Mycologie et de Parasitologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Pontchaillou, 2 rue Henri Le Guilloux, 35035, Rennes Cedex, France

    B. Degeilh

  3. Service d'Hématologie Clinique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Pontchaillou, 2 rue Henri Le Guilloux, 35035, Rennes Cedex, France

    I. Grulois

  4. Laboratoire d'Anatomie-Pathologique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Pontchaillou, 2 rue Henri Le Guilloux, 35035, Rennes Cedex, France

    S. Maugendre

  5. Service de Neurochirurgie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Pontchaillou, 2 rue Henri Le Guilloux, 35035, Rennes Cedex, France

    T. Dufour

  6. Unité de Mycologie, Institut Pasteur, Centre National de Référence des Mycoses et des Antifongiques, 25 rue du Dr. Roux, 75724, Paris Cedex 15, France

    B. Dupont

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Seguin, P., Degeilh, B., Grulois, I. et al. Successful treatment of a brain abscess due toTrichoderma longibrachiatum after surgical resection. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 14, 445–448 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02114902

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