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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 81(4), 2009, pp. 583-586
doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2009.09-0160;
Copyright © 2009 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Aspergillus flavus Brain Abscesses Associated with Hepatic Amebiasis in a Non-neutropenic Man in Senegal

Sophie Brun*, Arnaud Fekkar, Antoine Busse, Danielle Seilhean, Marylin Lecsö, Dan Adler, Hélène Prodanovic, Dominique Mazier, AND Annick Datry
Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Laboratoire de Neuro-Pathologie, Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Hygiène, et Pneumologie et Unité de Soins Intensifs, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France

 

ABSTRACT

A non-neutropenic man living in Senegal was repatriated to France for liver amebic abscesses associated with brain abscesses presumed to be of amebic origin. Surprisingly, the post-mortem examinations of brain abscesses showed Aspergillus flavus. The route of infection by A. flavus in this particular context is discussed.

Received March 24, 2009. Accepted for publication June 16, 2009.

* Address correspondence to Sophie Brun, Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83 Boulevard de l’Hôpital, 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France. E-mail: sophie.brun{at}psl.aphp.fr

Authors’ addresses: Sophie Brun, Arnaud Fekkar, Antoine Busse, Dominique Mazier, and Annick Datry, Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47–83 Boulevard de l’Hôpital, 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France, E-mail: sophie.brun{at}psl.aphp.fr. Danielle Seilhean, Laboratoire de Neuro-Pathologie, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France. Marylin Lecsö, Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Hygiène, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France. Dan Adler and Hélène Prodanovic, Pneumologie et Unité de Soins Intensifs, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.

Reprint requests: Sophie Brun, Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47–83 Boulevard de l’Hôpital, 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France, E-mail: sophie.brun{at}psl.aphp.fr.






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