TY - JOUR AU - He, Da AU - Quan, Min AU - Zhong, Hongyan AU - Chen, Zhixing AU - Wang, Xiaohui AU - He, Fang AU - Qu, Junyan AU - Zhou, Taoyou AU - Lv, Xiaoju AU - Zong, Zhiyong T1 - Emergomyces orientalis Emergomycosis Diagnosed by Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2021 VL - 27 IS - 10 SP - 2740 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Emergomyces is a newly described dimorphic fungus genus; it may cause fatal infections in immunocompromised patients, but diagnosis is often delayed. We report a case of disseminated emergomycosis caused by the novel species Emergomyces orientalis in a kidney transplant recipient from Tibet. Infection was diagnosed early by metagenomic next-generation sequencing. KW - China KW - disseminated emergomycosis KW - Emergomyces KW - Emergomyces orientalis KW - fungi KW - immunocompromised KW - metagenomic next-generation sequencing KW - respiratory infections KW - Tibet KW - transplant patients DO - 10.3201/eid2710.210769 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/10/21-0769_article ER - End of Reference