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Cladophialophora Bantiana Brain Abscess And Concurrent Pulmonary Cryptococcus Neoformans Infection In A Patient Twenty Years After Renal Transplantation, Daniel Tsang, Sara Haddad, Ziver Sahin, Chairut Vareechon, Mitchell Sternlieb, Tricia. Royer

Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

Recipients of solid organ transplants are at risk for a variety of infections due to their immunocompromised status. The types of infections are often correlated to the timing from their transplant. After about six to twelve months, transplant recipients remain at risk for typical community acquired pathogens, late viral infections, and fungal infections including atypical molds such as Cladophialophora bantiana. C. bantiana is a dematiaceous fungus that has a predilection for infecting the brain and is the most common cause of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis - a term used to describe infections caused by molds that produce dark cell walls. Patients with …