Originally published by our sister publication Infectious Disease Special Edition
By Ethan Covey
An outbreak of Fusarium solani meningitis among U.S. residents who had undergone surgical procedures with spinal anesthesia in Matamoros, Mexico, during 2023 likely originated from a single point source, according to findings from metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS).
The outbreak included 184 patients in 22 U.S. states who were identified as having potentially been exposed. Twenty-four cases