• Military medicine · Sep 1991

    Review Case Reports

    Case reports Rhizopus brain abscess: report of a case and review of the literature.

    • J Riefler, J Batbouta, and D F Uphoff.
    • Primary Care Physicians, P.C.-Leicester, MA.
    • Mil Med. 1991 Sep 1; 156 (9): 497-9.

    AbstractThe case of a 34-year-old intravenous drug abuser who survived brain abscess due to Rhizopus arrhizus is presented. The diagnosis was made by brain biopsy. Fungal brain abscess is a rare complication of IV drug abuse. Phycomycetes cause venous thrombosis and infarction of brain tissue. Medical versus surgical options are discussed.

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