Post-craniotomy wound infection caused by Pseudallescheria boydii
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG) in Journal of Neurosurgery
- Vol. 64 (1) , 153-154
- https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1986.64.1.0153
Abstract
The authors describe the first reported case of post-craniotomy wound infection due to Pseudallescheria boydii. The patient was a 24-year-old man who sustained a direct blunt injury to the calvaria, resulting in a large subdural hematoma that was surgically evacuated. Subsequently, the surgical wound became infected with a fungus, P. boydii, and was successfully treated with intravenous miconazole.Keywords
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