An unusual cause of diarrhea in an immunocompromised patient. Scedosporium apiospermum colitis and brain abscess

Gastroenterology. 2013 Sep;145(3):519, 697-8. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2013.06.006. Epub 2013 Jul 27.

Authors

Nisreen Husain¹, Tien-Chun Chen, Jason K Hou

Affiliation

¹ Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.

PMID: 23896373
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2013.06.006

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brain Abscess / complications
Brain Abscess / diagnosis*
Brain Abscess / immunology
Brain Abscess / microbiology
Central Nervous System Fungal Infections / complications
Central Nervous System Fungal Infections / diagnosis
Central Nervous System Fungal Infections / immunology
Colitis / complications
Colitis / diagnosis*
Colitis / immunology
Colitis / microbiology
Diarrhea / immunology*
Diarrhea / microbiology
Frontal Lobe* / microbiology
Frontal Lobe* / pathology
Humans
Immunocompromised Host*
Male
Middle Aged
Mycoses / complications
Mycoses / diagnosis*
Mycoses / immunology
Scedosporium / isolation & purification*