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Fungal brain abscesses caused by Acremonium species.

Hamdy IbrahimMostafa ALfishawyAttaa AliSafwat Abdel MaksodMagdy KhorshedHanan RadyAhmed AlsisiAdel MohamedOmar AlkassasMarwa HaronSuzan Saied
Published in: The Egyptian journal of internal medicine (2023)
Unusual fungal agents that exist environmentally as saprophytes can often lead to opportunistic infections, hyalohyphomycosis is a group of fungal infections caused by fungi characterized by hyaline septate hyphae and can infect both immunocompetent as well as immunocompromised patients, and Acremonium has drawn the attention of clinicians and microbiologists, as a potential pathogen in patients with and without underlying risk factors. It has also been increasingly implicated in systemic fungal diseases. Herein, we describe a case presentation of an immunocompromised patient with fungal brain abscesses due to Acremonium species.
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