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Antifungal therapy and surgical drainage for the treatment of a cerebral abscess caused by Scedosporium apiospermum in a renal transplant patient - a case report

2014-03-13

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Scedosporium apiospermum, the asexual form of Pseudallescheria boydii , is a filamentous, opportunistic fungus which can be found in environmental sources all over the world. It is a human pathogen mostly associated with lung, bone and joint infections and less frequently with infections of the central nervous system (CNS). The latter is generally related to the patient’s immune state, and occurs most frequently...

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Literature Corpus work: 4c5fe6f9-be79-5127-b672-e67675678fa0
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.3535.1

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