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Cerebral macroabscess caused by Candida albicans in an immunocompetent patient: A diagnostic challenge.

ABSTRACT: We describe the history of a 24-year-old immunocompetent man with an expansive lesion in the brainstem that, after many misdiagnoses, was found to be caused by a Candida albicans abscess. One year after surgery and 3 months of fluconazole treatment, the patient was asymptomatic and all image and laboratory tests were normal.

SUBMITTER: Figueiredo SM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3930960 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Cerebral macroabscess caused by Candida albicans in an immunocompetent patient: A diagnostic challenge.

Figueiredo Sônia M SM Campolina Sabrina S Rosa Carlos A CA Gontijo Marcus M Tirone Thelma T Assunção Claudia B CB Freire Tarcísio F A TF Christo Paulo P PP Caligiorne Rachel B RB

Medical mycology case reports 20140113

We describe the history of a 24-year-old immunocompetent man with an expansive lesion in the brainstem that, after many misdiagnoses, was found to be caused by a Candida albicans abscess. One year after surgery and 3 months of fluconazole treatment, the patient was asymptomatic and all image and laboratory tests were normal. ...[more]

PMID: 24567895

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