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Brain Abscess Due to Petriellidium boydii

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

François Dubeau ,
Louis E. Roy ,
Johanne Allard ,
Michel Laverdiere ,
Suzanne Rousseau ,
Fernand Duplantis ,
Jean Boileau  and
Jacques Lachapelle
François Dubeau
Affiliation:
Service de Neurologie and the Service de Microbiologie (Drs Allard and Laverdiere). Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont and Université de Montréal
Louis E. Roy*
Affiliation:
Service de Neurologie and the Service de Microbiologie (Drs Allard and Laverdiere). Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont and Université de Montréal
Johanne Allard
Affiliation:
Service de Neurologie and the Service de Microbiologie (Drs Allard and Laverdiere). Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont and Université de Montréal
Michel Laverdiere
Affiliation:
Service de Neurologie and the Service de Microbiologie (Drs Allard and Laverdiere). Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont and Université de Montréal
Suzanne Rousseau
Affiliation:
Service de Neurologie and the Service de Microbiologie (Drs Allard and Laverdiere). Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont and Université de Montréal
Fernand Duplantis
Affiliation:
Service de Neurologie and the Service de Microbiologie (Drs Allard and Laverdiere). Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont and Université de Montréal
Jean Boileau
Affiliation:
Service de Neurologie and the Service de Microbiologie (Drs Allard and Laverdiere). Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont and Université de Montréal
Jacques Lachapelle
Affiliation:
Service de Neurologie and the Service de Microbiologie (Drs Allard and Laverdiere). Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont and Université de Montréal
*
Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Québec H1T 2M4
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A 22 year-old man died from multiple cerebral abscesses due to Petriellidium boydii 4 ½ months after an episode of near drowning. The autopsy showed dissemination to heart and kidney. This patient had no immunocompromising disease but was treated with corticosteroids. The treatment of this condition with ventricular shunting and amphotericin B is discussed and compared with the experience often other cases reported in the literature.

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Original Articles
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , August 1984 , pp. 395 - 398
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1984

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