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The patient was treated with voriconazole and granulocyte transfusions followed by a second HCT 80 days after the first HCT. At day +105, the patient developed fever, headache, and altered level of consciousness associated with multiple bilateral cerebral abscesses at magnetic resonance imaging. The serum B-D-glucan test was positive. Micafungin was added to voriconazole. Despite an initial clinical improvement, the patient developed hydrocephalus. Scedosporium apiospermum was cultured from cerebrospinal fluid. Liposomal amphotericin B, instead of micafungin, was combined with voriconazole as salvage therapy. Unfortunately, the patient developed uncal herniation and died at day +193 from HCT. This case shows that the prognosis of scedosporiosis remains poor despite adequate antifungal treatment. 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