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.
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*