Diagnostic microbiology and infectious diseaseHumansMaleMiddle AgedHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingLung Diseases
Application of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in diagnose the pulmonary infections caused by Aureobasidium melanogenum: A case report and review of the literature.
Bin Xu, Haitao Zhang, Mengshuo Li, Huan Lin, Chun Wang
Published: 202610.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2025.117213
Abstract
Aureobasidium melanogenum (A. melanogenum) is a black-yeast-like fungus widely present in nature that rarely causes human infections. We report a case of pulmonary infection caused by A. melanogenum in a 60-year-old male farmer, who initially present…
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