Intracranial true mycotic aneurysms are rare and generally lethal. We report a case of a near-
drowned child with brain abscesses due to Pseudallescheria boydii, a saprophytic fungus …

Pseudallescheria boydii is a rare cause of mycotic infection. Factors predisposing to
systemic infection include traumas, immunosuppression, and near drowning. We report a …

Pseudallescheria (Petriellidium) boydii is the most frequent etiologic agent of mycetoma in
temperate regions of the world. In addition, it may also occur as a systemic infection in …

• Pseudallescheria boydiiis a rare cause of central nervous system infection
characteristically presenting as a neutrophilic meningitis or multiple brain abscesses …

Rationale 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 …

Scedosporium apiospermum, an anamorph of Pseudallescheria boydii, is a
hyalohyphomycete which can be mistaken, histologically, for Aspergillus. S. apiospermum is …

A 54-year-old man with primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the thoracic spinal cord
developed multiple brain abscesses caused by Pseudallescheria boydii. The patient had …

Pseudallescheria boydii is an uncommon cause of central nervous system (CNS) infections.
Of a total of 21 cases of CNS infections caused by P. boydii (one described for the first time …

✓ The authors describe the first reported case of post-craniotomy wound infection due to
Pseudallescheria boydii. The patient was a 24-year-old man who sustained a direct blunt …

Pseudallescheria boydii Infection of the Brain: Imaging with Pathologic Confirmation Page 1 of
October 24, 2023. This information is current as imaging with pathologic confirmation …