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Malassezia furfur Meningitis Associated with Total Parenteral Nutrition Subdural Effusion

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Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Abstract

We present a case of Malassezia furfur meningitis arising in a very low birth weight infant with chronic lung disease, necrotizing enterocolitis, and intraventricular hemorrhage. M. furfur meningitis was probably acquired late following successful treatment for earlier systemic central line-associated M. furfur infection. M. furfur meningitis has only once been previously reported. Unlike the previous case where meningitis was secondary to widespread blood-borne dissemination, infection was limited to the leptomeninges and arose in association with extravasation of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) and intralipid fluid into subarachnoid space via peripheral scalp catheter.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Truman Medical Center, 2301 Holmes Street, Kansas City, MO, 64108, USA

    Cecilia M. Rosales

  2. Departments of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, Children’s Mercy Hospital, 2401 Gillham Road, Kansas City, MO, 64108, USA

    Mary Anne Jackson & David Zwick

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Rosales, C., Jackson, M. & Zwick, D. Malassezia furfur Meningitis Associated with Total Parenteral Nutrition Subdural Effusion. Pediatr. Dev. Pathol. 7, 86–90 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10024-003-4030-5

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