A Rare case of central nervous system actinomycosis presenting with moyamoya syndrome

CNS Neurosci Ther. 2022 Jul;28(7):1139-1142. doi: 10.1111/cns.13842. Epub 2022 Apr 11.

Authors

Min Zhang^{1

2}, Shujuan Meng¹, Mohammad Al Mahmoud¹, Ye Li¹, Yuwei Dai¹, Chunhui Li³, Jinxia Zhou¹, Bo Xiao¹, Lili Long^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
² National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
³ Infection Control Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.

No abstract available

Keywords: CNS actinomycosis; actinomycosis israelii; microbiological next-generation sequencing; moyamoya syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Actinomycosis* / diagnosis
Actinomycosis* / diagnostic imaging
Central Nervous System
Humans
Moyamoya Disease* / complications
Moyamoya Disease* / diagnostic imaging