Pseudallescheria boydii (P. boydii) is commonly listed as an aetiological agent of mycetoma but can cause infections elsewhere in immunocompromized hosts. A male patient 41 year old, who underwent renal transplant surgery, developed brain abscess six months after the surgery. P. boydii was isolated from the aspirate of the brain. Till 1990, only 20 cases of brain lesions caused by this fungus have been reported in world literature. Therefore this case has been reported.
The common diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) include meningitis and space occupying lesion (SOL) of the brain. The latter may present as a granuloma, an abscess or a tumour. A brain abscess is formed, when there is localized collection of pus, in a cavity formed by the breakdown of the tissue, in the brain. [1] The aetiological agents of brain abscess include bacteria, fungi and parasites. Amongst the fungi, aspergillus and candida species and Cryptococcus neoformans are the common causative agents of brain abscess. Pseudallescheria boydii (P. boydii) is listed as the aetiologic agent of mycetoma but can cause infections elsewhere in immunocompromised hosts. We are reporting a case of P. boydii brain abscess in a patient who had undergone renal transplant surgery.