Cerebral macroabscess caused by Candida albicans in an immunocompetent patient : a diagnostic challenge.

Resumo
We describe the history of a 24-year-old immunocompetent man with an expansive lesion in the brain stem that, after many misdiagnoses, was found to be caused by a Candida albicans abscess. One year after surgery and 3 months of fluconazole treatment, the patient was asymptomatic and all image and laboratory tests were normal.
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Palavras-chave
Candida sp, Macroabscess, Fluconazole, Encephalic trunk
Citação
FIGUEIREDO, S. M. de et al. Cerebral macroabscess caused by Candida albicans in an immunocompetent patient: a diagnostic challenge. Medical Mycology Case Reports, v. 3, p. 1-6, 2014. Disponível em: <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753913000547?via%3Dihub>. Acesso em: 08 nov. 2014.