TY - JOUR T1 - Central nervous system <em>Aspergillus fumigatus</em> infection after near drowning JF - Journal of Clinical Pathology JO - J Clin Pathol SP - 202 LP - 204 DO - 10.1136/jcp.2003.010066 VL - 57 IS - 2 AU - P A Kowacs AU - S Monteiro de Almeida AU - R L Pinheiro AU - H Fameli AU - E J Piovesan AU - A Correia AU - L C Werneck Y1 - 2004/02/01 UR - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/57/2/202.abstract N2 - Aims: To report the case of a 26 year old white man, who developed chronic meningitis and intracerebral granulomata 15 days after an episode of near drowning in a swamp. Methods:Aspergillus fumigatus was isolated from cerebrospinal fluid cultures. Results: The patient died 70 days after the symptoms were first noticed, and seven days after a subarachnoid haemorrhage. Aspergillus has never been reported before as a cause of intracranial infection after near drowning. Conclusions: Physicians must be aware of this possibility when confronted with such a situation, because there are now effective therapeutic options for systemic aspergillosis. ER -