Diseases

Cerebral Phaeohyphomycosis

CNS infections caused by neurotropic dematiaceous fungi that contain melanin in their cell walls. The infections often result in BRAIN ABSCESS; ENCEPHALITIS; and MENINGITIS in patients who are often immunocompetent. The common causative fungi include members Cladophialophora bantiana, Exophiala dermatitidis, Rhinocladiella mackenziei, and Ochroconis gallopavum. R. mackenziei infection is seen almost exclusively in patients from the MIDDLE EAST.

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Abstract

CNS infections caused by neurotropic dematiaceous fungi that contain melanin in their cell walls. The infections often result in BRAIN ABSCESS; ENCEPHALITIS; and MENINGITIS in patients who are often immunocompetent. The common causative fungi include members Cladophialophora bantiana, Exophiala dermatitidis, Rhinocladiella mackenziei, and Ochroconis gallopavum. R. mackenziei infection is seen almost exclusively in patients from the MIDDLE EAST.

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  • Central Nervous System Phaeohyphomycosis
  • Phaeohyphomycosis, Central Nervous System
  • Central Nervous System Phaeohyphomycosis, Primary
  • Phaeohyphomycosis, Central Nervous System, Primary
  • Primary Central Nervous System Phaeohyphomycosis

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2012

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Previous Indexing

  • Central Nervous System Fungal Infections (1993-2011)
  • Central Nervous System Infections (1980-2011)
  • Mycoses (1974-2011)

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  3. C17.800w.838w.208w.416w.375

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cerebral Phaeohyphomycosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D060425. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D060425
  2. Cerebral Phaeohyphomycosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54987420