Successful treatment of multiple Pseudallescheria boydii brain abscesses and ventriculitis/ependymitis in a 2-year-old child after a near-drowning episode
- 30 April 2005
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Nature in Child's Nervous System
- Vol. 22 (2) , 189-192
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-005-1151-3
Abstract
We report on a cerebral infection by Pseudallescheria boydii in a 21-month-old boy after a near-drowning episode. MRI revealed multiple (>60) intracerebral abscesses.Keywords
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