Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis due to

摘要

Fungal infections of the central nervous system (CNS) are life-threatening conditions that are frequentlymisdiagnosed with bacterial and viral CNS infections. Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis is a cerebral infection caused by dematiaceous fungi,especially Cladophialophora bantiana. Very few cases of fungal CNS infection have been reported across the world.High clinical suspicion should be cast for the patients with brain abscess that do not respond to conventional antibiotic therapy.