Invasive intracerebral fungal infection in a leukaemic patient

Abstract

Intracerebral abscesses secondary to Zygomycosis are potentially fatal. A 12-year-old girl with acute promyelocytic leukaemia was successfully treated for intracerebral abscess caused by Zygomycosis with complete surgical excision and combination antifungal therapy.

Keywords::

• abscess
• brain
• complete surgical excision
• histology

Acknowledgements

We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the Mycology Reference Laboratory in Bristol, UK.

Declaration of interest: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the article.