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 of fungal meningitis were confirmed, and 12 people died (Emerg Infect Dis