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Whole-genome analysis of Exserohilum rostratum from an outbreak of fungal meningitis and other infections.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 2014
Litvintseva Anastasia P, Hurst Steven, Gade Lalitha, Frace Michael A, Hilsabeck Remy, Schupp James M, Gillece John D, Roe Chandler, Smith David, Keim Paul, Lockhart Shawn R, Changayil Shankar, Weil M Ryan, MacCannell Duncan R, Brandt Mary E, Engelthaler David M
Abstract excerpt
Exserohilum rostratum was the cause of most cases of fungal meningitis and other infections associated with the injection of contaminated methylprednisolone acetate produced by the New England Compounding Center (NECC). Until this outbreak, very few human cases of Exserohilum infection had been reported, and very little was known about this dematiaceous fungus, which usually infects plants. Here, we report using...
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