Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis due to Rhinocladiella mackenziei in an immunocompetent patient: A case report and review of literature

• Egile Nagusiak: Muhammad Zain Mushtaq (Egilea), Saad Bin Zafar Mahmood (Egilea), Nosheen Nasir (Egilea), Malik Saad Rashid (Egilea), Memoona Irshad (Egilea), Kiren habib (Egilea), Iffat Khanum (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background and Purpose: Rhinocladiella mackenziei is a neurotropic fungus, which can cause devastating intracerebral infections with up to 100% fatality rate. It is difficult to isolate this fungus in laboratory as it grows slowly and requires diagnostic skills. Case report: A 42-year-old Pakistani...