When Bacterial Culture Fails, Metagenomics Can Help: A Case of Chronic Hepatic Brucelloma Assessed by Next-Generation Sequencing

Here, we sequenced DNA extracted from a necrotic hepatic lesion from a patient with suspected chronic hepatic brucelloma but negative culture results. Although most of the taxonomically classified sequencing reads corresponded to human genome sequences, our data suggest that whole-metagenome shotgun...

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Main Authors: Vladimir Lazarevic, Nadia Gaïa, Myriam Girard, Stefano Leo, Abdessalam Cherkaoui, Gesuele Renzi, Stéphane Emonet, Sharon Jamme, Etienne Ruppé, Sandrine Vijgen, Laura Rubbia-Brandt, Christian Toso, Jacques Schrenzel
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-07-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01566/full
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spelling doaj-029f97e6f6564e419df9ed19363ac9092020-11-24T20:53:35ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Microbiology1664-302X2018-07-01910.3389/fmicb.2018.01566389467When Bacterial Culture Fails, Metagenomics Can Help: A Case of Chronic Hepatic Brucelloma Assessed by Next-Generation SequencingVladimir Lazarevic0Nadia Gaïa1Myriam Girard2Stefano Leo3Abdessalam Cherkaoui4Gesuele Renzi5Stéphane Emonet6Sharon Jamme7Etienne Ruppé8Sandrine Vijgen9Laura Rubbia-Brandt10Christian Toso11Jacques Schrenzel12Jacques Schrenzel13Genomic Research Laboratory, Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, SwitzerlandGenomic Research Laboratory, Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, SwitzerlandGenomic Research Laboratory, Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, SwitzerlandGenomic Research Laboratory, Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, SwitzerlandBacteriology Laboratory, Department of Genetics and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, SwitzerlandBacteriology Laboratory, Department of Genetics and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, SwitzerlandBacteriology Laboratory, Department of Genetics and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, SwitzerlandDepartment of Community, Primary Care and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, SwitzerlandGenomic Research Laboratory, Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, SwitzerlandDivision of Clinical Pathology, Department of Genetics and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, SwitzerlandDivision of Clinical Pathology, Department of Genetics and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, SwitzerlandDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, SwitzerlandGenomic Research Laboratory, Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, SwitzerlandBacteriology Laboratory, Department of Genetics and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, SwitzerlandHere, we sequenced DNA extracted from a necrotic hepatic lesion from a patient with suspected chronic hepatic brucelloma but negative culture results. Although most of the taxonomically classified sequencing reads corresponded to human genome sequences, our data suggest that whole-metagenome shotgun sequencing may be used together with other tests to strengthen the diagnosis of hepatic brucelloma.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01566/fullBrucellaliver abscessclinical metagenomicsmolecular diagnosis of infectious diseasesnext-generation sequencing
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author Vladimir Lazarevic
Nadia Gaïa
Myriam Girard
Stefano Leo
Abdessalam Cherkaoui
Gesuele Renzi
Stéphane Emonet
Sharon Jamme
Etienne Ruppé
Sandrine Vijgen
Laura Rubbia-Brandt
Christian Toso
Jacques Schrenzel
Jacques Schrenzel
spellingShingle Vladimir Lazarevic
Nadia Gaïa
Myriam Girard
Stefano Leo
Abdessalam Cherkaoui
Gesuele Renzi
Stéphane Emonet
Sharon Jamme
Etienne Ruppé
Sandrine Vijgen
Laura Rubbia-Brandt
Christian Toso
Jacques Schrenzel
Jacques Schrenzel
When Bacterial Culture Fails, Metagenomics Can Help: A Case of Chronic Hepatic Brucelloma Assessed by Next-Generation Sequencing
Frontiers in Microbiology
Brucella
liver abscess
clinical metagenomics
molecular diagnosis of infectious diseases
next-generation sequencing
author_facet Vladimir Lazarevic
Nadia Gaïa
Myriam Girard
Stefano Leo
Abdessalam Cherkaoui
Gesuele Renzi
Stéphane Emonet
Sharon Jamme
Etienne Ruppé
Sandrine Vijgen
Laura Rubbia-Brandt
Christian Toso
Jacques Schrenzel
Jacques Schrenzel
author_sort Vladimir Lazarevic
title When Bacterial Culture Fails, Metagenomics Can Help: A Case of Chronic Hepatic Brucelloma Assessed by Next-Generation Sequencing
title_short When Bacterial Culture Fails, Metagenomics Can Help: A Case of Chronic Hepatic Brucelloma Assessed by Next-Generation Sequencing
title_full When Bacterial Culture Fails, Metagenomics Can Help: A Case of Chronic Hepatic Brucelloma Assessed by Next-Generation Sequencing
title_fullStr When Bacterial Culture Fails, Metagenomics Can Help: A Case of Chronic Hepatic Brucelloma Assessed by Next-Generation Sequencing
title_full_unstemmed When Bacterial Culture Fails, Metagenomics Can Help: A Case of Chronic Hepatic Brucelloma Assessed by Next-Generation Sequencing
title_sort when bacterial culture fails, metagenomics can help: a case of chronic hepatic brucelloma assessed by next-generation sequencing
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
series Frontiers in Microbiology
issn 1664-302X
publishDate 2018-07-01
description Here, we sequenced DNA extracted from a necrotic hepatic lesion from a patient with suspected chronic hepatic brucelloma but negative culture results. Although most of the taxonomically classified sequencing reads corresponded to human genome sequences, our data suggest that whole-metagenome shotgun sequencing may be used together with other tests to strengthen the diagnosis of hepatic brucelloma.
topic Brucella
liver abscess
clinical metagenomics
molecular diagnosis of infectious diseases
next-generation sequencing
url https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01566/full
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