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Metagenomic next-generation sequencing identified a brain abscess caused by mixed oral anaerobe infection: A case report
- Source :
- Infectious Medicine, Vol 3, Iss 2, Pp 100109- (2024)
- Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2024.
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Abstract
- Fusobacterium vincentii brain abscesses are relatively rare. Here, we report our treatment of an anaerobic brain abscess caused by a mixed infection of Parvimonas micra, Streptococcus constellatus, Fusobacterium vincentii, and Bacteroides heparinolyticus diagnosed by metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS). This is the first reported case of Fusobacterium vincentii in a brain abscess. This case highlights the possibility that oral anaerobic microbes can cause a brain abscess and demonstrates that mNGS has the potential to be deployed to provide rapid infection diagnosis and rationalize antimicrobial therapy for brain abscesses.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2772431X
- Volume :
- 3
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Infectious Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.7df9d7b051e04683be91957cf67557aa
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imj.2024.100109