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Suspected encephalitis with Candida tropicalis and Fusarium detected by unbiased RNA sequencing

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Authors’ contributions

N.F., M.C., and A.G. were involved in the concept/design of the study; N.F. and M.C. performed data analysis/interpretation; N.F. and M.C. wrote the manuscript; data collection was performed by M.C., N.F., H.R., C.B.C., U.G., J.F., C.W., F.A., and N.K.; and all authors critically reviewed the manuscript.

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  1. Department for Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany

    M. Christopeit, C. Wolschke, F. Ayuk & N. Kröger

  2. Department Virus Genomics, Heinrich-Pette Institute, Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, 20252, Hamburg, Germany

    A. Grundhoff

  3. German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hamburg-Borstel-Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany

    A. Grundhoff & Nicole Fischer

  4. Institute for Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany

    H. Rohde, C. Belmar-Campos & Nicole Fischer

  5. Department of Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

    U. Grzyska & J. Fiehler

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Christopeit, M., Grundhoff, A., Rohde, H. et al. Suspected encephalitis with Candida tropicalis and Fusarium detected by unbiased RNA sequencing. Ann Hematol 95, 1919–1921 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-016-2770-3

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