Primary mycotic abscess of the brain caused by Fonsecaea   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=7815117 1: J Neurosurg. 1995 Jan;82(1):128-30. Primary mycotic abscess of the brain caused by Fonsecaea pedrosoi. Case report. Santosh V, Khanna N, Shankar SK, Pal L, Das S, Chandramukhi A, Kolluri VR. Department of Neuropathology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India. A case of cerebral abscess caused by Fonsecaea pedrosoi is reported in a nonimmunocompromised 15-year-old boy. In the absence of a primary cutaneous lesion, this fungus was considered to be a primary neuropathogen. The fungus was cultured and characterized from the abscess material obtained at surgery. Prompt therapy using amphotericin B and 5-flucytosine helped in the successful recovery of this patient.