Fonsecaea associated cerebral phaeohyphomycosis in a post-COVID-19 patient: A first case report

Phaeohyphomycosis, previously known as chromoblastomycosis, is a chronic mycosis, usually affecting the skin. It is caused by dematiaceous fungi, which are a group of fungi that produce melanin in their cell walls. Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis occurs as a part of invasive presentation of the fungi, wh...

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Published in:	Clinical Infection in Practice
Main Authors:	Simin Laiq, Mubarak Al Yaqoobi, Maimuna Al Saadi, Semee Rizvi, Zahra Al Hajri, Saleh Al Azri, Khalsa Al Ramadhani, Qasim Al Hinai
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2022-01-01
Subjects:	Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis Brain abscess Dematiaceous fungi Pigmented fungi Chromoblastomycosis Fonsecaea
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590170221000637