Case report of a brain abscess due to Nannizziopsis obscura species complex in a renal transplanted patient
Othman Mounir Alaoui, Astrid De Liège, Frédéric Mechai, Dea Garcia-Hermoso, Fanny Lanternier, Bertrand Degos · 2026
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Othman Mounir Alaoui and five co-authors report a brain abscess caused by an unusual fungus in a kidney transplant patient, in a two thousand twenty-six case report. The patient, from Mali, arrived with repeated complex seizures and facial weakness.
Imaging revealed the abscess, and the culprit proved to be the Nannizziopsis obscura species complex. That fungus normally infects reptile skin and only rarely causes disseminated disease in immunosuppressed people. The case adds a solid-organ abscess to its known repertoire. The authors use it to warn clinicians that exotic fungal infections belong on the differential diagnosis when transplant patients present with focal brain lesions.
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| CREATOR | Othman Mounir Alaoui, Astrid De Liège, Frédéric Mechai, Dea Garcia-Hermoso, Fanny Lanternier, Bertrand Degos |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |