Metagenomic Identification of Fusarium solani Strain as Cause of US Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Associated with Surgical Procedures in Mexico, 2023

We used metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) to investigate an outbreak of Fusarium solani meningitis in US patients who had surgical procedures under spinal anesthesia in Matamoros, Mexico, during 2023. Using a novel method called metaMELT (metagenomic multiple extended locus typing), we...

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Published in:	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Authors:	Charles Y. Chiu, Venice Servellita, Mikael de Lorenzi-Tognon, Patrick Benoit, Nanami Sumimoto, Abiodun Foresythe, Filipe M. Cerqueira, Natalie Williams-Bouyer, Ping Ren, Lauren Nicholas S. Herrera, David C. Gaston, Leanna Sayyad, Shannon L. Whitmer, John Klena, Holenarasipur R. Vikram, Jeremy A.W. Gold, Lalitha Gade, Lindsay Parnell, Elizabeth Misas, Tom M. Chiller, Isabel S. Griffin, Sridhar V. Basavaraju, Dallas J. Smith, Anastasia P. Litvintseva, Nancy A. Chow
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2025-05-01
Subjects:	Fusarium solani fungi meningitis/encephalitis metaMELT multiple extended locus typing metagenomic next-generation sequencing
Online Access:	https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/5/24-1657_article