Rapid detection of invasive Mycobacterium chimaera disease via a novel plasma-based next-generation sequencing test

Rapid detection of invasive Mycobacterium chimaera disease via a novel plasma-based next-generation sequencing test

Abstract Background There is an ongoing outbreak of Mycobacterium chimaera infections among patients exposed to contaminated heater-cooler devices used during cardiac surgery. Recognition of M. chimaera infection is hampered by its long latency and non-specific symptoms. Standard diagnostic methods...

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Main Authors: Jim Nomura, Gunter Rieg, Gary Bluestone, Townson Tsai, Andrew Lai, Dawn Terashita, Sivan Bercovici, David K. Hong, Brian P. Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Mycobacterium chimaera infection
Heater-cooler devices
Cell-free DNA
Next-generation sequencing
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-019-4001-8

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