A Rare Case of Cladophialophora bantiana Intracranial Infection: Highlighting the Utility of Next-Generation Sequencing in Diagnosis

Autor: Melissa Whitman, Nicole Vissichelli
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Case Reports in Transplantation, Vol 2024 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2090-6951
DOI: 10.1155/2024/8892177
Popis: Cladophialophora bantiana is a dematiaceous fungi and the most common cause of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis. Here, we report a rare case of cerebral ventriculitis with development of a cerebral abscess due to C. bantiana diagnosed by cell-free DNA next-generation sequencing. Noninvasive diagnostics led to earlier disease identification and initiation of antifungal therapy, which has the potential to reduce mortality in this highly fatal disease.
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