Morocco as a possible source for acquisition of Rhinocladiella mackenziei.
Baptiste Lafont RapnouilJérémie F CohenEric BaillyLouis BernardDea Garcia-HermosoFanny LanternierCatherine HorodyckidLucie LimousinEphrem SalaméIlyess ZemmouraGuillaume DesoubeauxOlivier LortholaryPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2021)
Rhinocladiella mackenziei cerebral phaeohyphomycosis is a rare severe disease that has been typically described in the Middle East. Here, we report 2 cases of R. mackenziei cerebral phaeohyphomycosis in patients from Morocco, diagnosed and treated in France, and raise a concern about the ever-going extension of the area at risk for this devastating invasive fungal infection.