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 conferenceHenselaeDematiaceous fungal infections in solid organ transplantation: Systematic review and Bayesian meta‐analysis
Radcliffe C, Radcliffe AJ, Azar MM, Grant M. Dematiaceous fungal infections in solid organ transplantation: Systematic review and Bayesian meta‐analysis. Transplant Infectious Disease 2022, 24: e13819. PMID: 35253959, DOI: 10.1111/tid.13819.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSolid organ transplant recipientsDematiaceous fungal infectionSoft tissue infectionsFungal infectionsInfectious syndromesSystematic reviewEarly post-transplant periodCentral nervous system infectionCommon infectious syndromesPost-transplant periodNervous system infectionOrgan transplant recipientsSolid organ transplantationEnglish-language reportsInfection typeKidney recipientsLiver recipientsPediatric reportsTransplant recipientsPulmonary infectionSystem infectionTissue infectionsWorse prognosisDisseminated infectionMean age