Brain abscesses resulting from Bacillus cereus and an Aspergillus-like mold.

An 11-year-old boy with alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma of the thigh experienced three instances of catheter-related bacteremia resulting from After two episodes of seizures, two low-density lesions in the right parietal lobe and the left corpus callosum with enhanced pericavitary opacity were detected. The catheter was removed. A brain biopsy sample grew and revealed dichotomously branched septate hyphae compatible with The patient was treated with ceftriaxone and liposomal amphotericin B for 12 and 52 weeks, respectively, until biopsy-confirmed resolution of the infections.