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Lee Y, Kim N, Kim S, Ha J, Moon J, Chu K. Talaromyces rugulosus ventriculitis diagnosed by nanopore amplicon sequencing, 2022. J Infect Chemother 2023; 29:985-987. [PMID: 37279804 DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2023.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2023] [Revised: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
Ventriculitis has serious complications and a high mortality rate, so it is important to early identification of the pathogen for appropriate treatment. We report case of ventriculitis caused by Talaromyces rugulosus, a rare pathogen, in South Korea. Affected patient was immunocompromised. Repeated cerebrospinal fluid culture tests were negative, but the pathogen was identified by fungal internal transcribed spacer amplicon nanopore sequencing. The pathogen was detected outside the endemic area of talaromycosis.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yoonkyung Lee
- Department of Neurology, Laboratory for Neurotherapeutics, Seoul National University Hospital, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, 03080, South Korea; Department of Neurology, Dong-A University Hospital, Busan, 49315, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Laboratory for Neurotherapeutics, Seoul National University Hospital, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, 03080, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Laboratory for Neurotherapeutics, Seoul National University Hospital, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, 03080, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Laboratory for Neurotherapeutics, Seoul National University Hospital, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, 03080, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Laboratory for Neurotherapeutics, Seoul National University Hospital, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, 03080, South Korea; Department of Genomic Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, 03080, South Korea.
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- Department of Neurology, Laboratory for Neurotherapeutics, Seoul National University Hospital, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, 03080, South Korea.
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