Cladophialophora bantiana has been isolated from soil and is a recognized agent of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis. The fungus is neurotropic and may cause brain abscess in both normal and immunosuppressed patients.
Binomial name: - Cladophialophora bantiana (Sacc.) de Hoog, Kwon-Chung & McGinnis 1995 (Sacc.) de Hoog, Kwon-Chung & McGinnis 1995
Brain Abcess
Brain abscess (or cerebral abscess) is an abscess caused by inflammation and collection of infected material, coming from local (ear infection, dental abscess, infection of paranasal sinuses, infection of the mastoid air cells of the temporal bone, epidural abscess) or remote (lung, heart, kidney etc.) infectious sources, within the brain tissue. The infection may also be introduced through a skull fracture following a head trauma or surgical procedures. Brain abscess is usually associated with congenital heart disease in young children. It may occur at any age but is most frequent in the third decade of life.
