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Volume 31, Number 5—May 2025
Research
Metagenomic Identification of Fusarium solani Strain as Cause of US Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Associated with Surgical Procedures in Mexico, 2023
Table 1
Number of reads recovered from CSF, plasma, or brain tissue from 4 patients used for identification of Fusarium solani strain as cause of fungal meningitis US outbreak associated with surgical procedures in Mexico, 2023*
Patient ID | Location, USA | Sample type (no. reads) |
---|---|---|
P1†‡ | State 1 | CSF (263) |
P2‡ | State 2 | CSF (187,773) |
P3‡ | State 2 | CSF (2,669), plasma (96) |
P4 | State 2 | CSF (4), brain tissue (608) |
*Reads were recovered by using mNGS. CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; ID, identification; mNGS, metagenomic next-generation sequencing. †Newly diagnosed case by mNGS testing of CSF. ‡Fatal case.
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