2022
Into the unknown: Diagnosing mysterious brain lesions
Kassab I, Isada C, Azar MM, Sarsam N, Jiang M, Camelo‐Piragua S, Kaul D, Malinis M. Into the unknown: Diagnosing mysterious brain lesions. Transplant Infectious Disease 2022, 24: e13829. PMID: 35307917, DOI: 10.1111/tid.13829.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsBrain abscessesImmune statusPancreas-kidney transplant recipientsCentral nervous system infectionBartonella henselaeMetagenomic next-generation sequencingCSF metagenomic next-generation sequencingMultiple brain abscessesVisceral organ involvementPatient's immune statusNervous system infectionCat-scratch diseaseTransplant recipientsOcular involvementOrgan involvementSystem infectionNeurological manifestationsCat bitesBrain lesionsDiagnostic approachNext-generation sequencingAbscessZoonotic pathogensClinicopathological conferenceHenselae
2018
Central nervous system histoplasmosis
Wheat J, Myint T, Guo Y, Kemmer P, Hage C, Terry C, Azar MM, Riddell J, Ender P, Chen S, Shehab K, Cleveland K, Esguerra E, Johnson J, Wright P, Douglas V, Vergidis P, Ooi W, Baddley J, Bamberger D, Khairy R, Vikram H, Jenny-Avital E, Sivasubramanian G, Bowlware K, Pahud B, Sarria J, Tsai T, Assi M, Mocherla S, Prakash V, Allen D, Passaretti C, Huprikar S, Anderson A. Central nervous system histoplasmosis. Medicine 2018, 97: e0245. PMID: 29595679, PMCID: PMC5895412, DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000010245.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral nervous system histoplasmosisPercent of patientsCerebrospinal fluidAmphotericin BCentral nervous system involvementSingle-center case seriesNervous system involvementLiposomal amphotericin BCenter case seriesOutcome of treatmentAnti-Histoplasma antibodiesRecognition of infectionPatients 54 yearsCNS histoplasmosisDeoxycholate formulationDisseminated histoplasmosisMost patientsAntigen testingAntibody testingCase seriesImmunodeficiency syndromeHistoplasma antigenHistoplasmosis infectionSystem involvementYear survival
2017
Case 34-2017
Lyons JL, Schaefer PW, Cho TA, Azar MM. Case 34-2017. New England Journal Of Medicine 2017, 377: 1878-1886. PMID: 29117489, DOI: 10.1056/nejmcpc1707557.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical Notes