Case report: Chronic Candida albicans meningitis: a rare entity diagnosed by metagenomic next-generation sequencing

The aetiology of chronic aseptic meningitis is difficult to establish. Candida meningitis in particular is often diagnosed late, as cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) work-up and imaging findings are nonspecific. A 35-year-old patient with chronic aseptic meningitis, for which repeated microbiological testin...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Main Authors:	Andrea B. Kuenzli, Mandy D. Müller, Werner J. Z`Graggen, Laura N. Walti, Yonas Martin, Vladimir Lazarevic, Jacques Schrenzel, Alexander Oberli
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-04-01
Subjects:	Candida albicans chronic meningitis ventriculitis metagenomic next-generation sequencing (1,3)-beta-D-glucan cerebrospinal fluid
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2024.1322847/full