We report a case of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis due to Wangiella dermaitidis in an immunocompetent adult man. His cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) showed pleocytosis with a high eosinophil count but without peripheral blood eosinophilia. The present case suggested that this black yeast-like fungus should be included when the causes of CSF eosinophilia are considered, even though it is an extremely rare...

A patient with bacterial endocarditis had headaches, cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis and normal cerebral angiograms. Fifteen days later, while on appropriate antibiotic therapy, he developed an intracerebral hematoma due to a mycotic aneurysm. Mycotic aneurysm is an infrequent but serious complication of bacterial endocarditis. An aneurysm should be considered whenever a patient with bacterial ...

A description of 7 consecutive patients admitted for various forms of neurological impairment. All these patients were found to have cerebrospinal fluid positive for West Nile virus IgM, and routine bacterial cultures were negative. Six of these patients did not present with the typical lymphocytic pleocytosis often quoted when discussing a viral meningitis/encephalitis; rather most presented w...

BRAIN STRUCTURE IN RELATION TO THE MIND RICHfARD J A. f'ERY 9 TUMOURS OF THE BRAIN ASSOCIATED WITH NIARKED PLEOCYTOSIS IN THE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID H. HOUSTON MIERRITT A.-D MERRILL MIOORE 11s MIENTAL CHANGES ASSOCIATED W7ITH PERNICIOUS ANtEMIA A. PINEY 127 A CASE OF PARTIAL DEAFNESS SINIULATING CONGENITAL AUDITORY INIPERCEPTION E. \I1LI)RED CREAK 133 THE LESIONS PRODUCED IN THE BRAIN OF RABBITS B...

We report an unusual case of pandemic (H1N1) 2009-related encephalitis in an immunocompetent woman. Although rare cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 associated with encephalitis have been reported previously, in this patient, direct viral invasion of the central nervous system was shown by simultaneous detection of viral RNA and pleocytosis.