Identification of pathogens in culture-negative infective endocarditis cases by metagenomic analysis

Identification of pathogens in culture-negative infective endocarditis cases by metagenomic analysis

Abstract Background Pathogens identification is critical for the proper diagnosis and precise treatment of infective endocarditis (IE). Although blood and valve cultures are the gold standard for IE pathogens detection, many cases are culture-negative, especially in patients who had received long-te...

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Main Authors: Jun Cheng, Huan Hu, Yue Kang, Weizhi Chen, Wei Fang, Kaijuan Wang, Qian Zhang, Aisi Fu, Shuilian Zhou, Chen Cheng, Qingqing Cao, Feiyan Wang, Shela Lee, Zhou Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
Subjects:
Metagenomic analysis
Nanopore sequencing
Next-generation sequencing
Infective endocarditis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12941-018-0294-5

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