Hepatitis E Virus-Associated Meningoencephalitis in a Lung Transplant Recipient Diagnosed by Clinical Metagenomic Sequencing

Jamie A Murkey, Kara W Chew, Margrit Carlson, Chelsea L Shannon, Deepika Sirohi, Hannah A Sample, Michael R Wilson, Paul Vespa, Romney M Humphries, Steve Miller, Jeffrey D Klausner, Charles Y Chiu, Jamie A Murkey, Kara W Chew, Margrit Carlson, Chelsea L Shannon, Deepika Sirohi, Hannah A Sample, Michael R Wilson, Paul Vespa, Romney M Humphries, Steve Miller, Jeffrey D Klausner, Charles Y Chiu

Abstract

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection uncommonly causes chronic hepatitis and neurologic disease. We describe a case of genotype 3a HEV meningoencephalitis diagnosed by metagenomic next-generation sequencing, illustrating the power of an unbiased molecular approach to microbial testing and the first reported case of HEV infection presumably acquired through lung transplantation.

Keywords: encephalitis; hepatitis E virus; lung transplant; meningitis; metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS)..

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