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

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Jun Cheng · Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College

Huan Hu · Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College

Yue Kang · Simcere Pharmaceutical (China)

Weizhi Chen · Simcere Pharmaceutical (China)

Fang Wei · Simcere Pharmaceutical (China)

Kaijuan Wang · Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College

Qian Zhang

Abstract

Metagenomic methods for IE detection can provide clinicians with valuable information to diagnose and treat IE patients after valve replacement surgery. However, more efforts should be made to optimize protocols for sample processing, sequencing and bioinformatics analysis.

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Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus

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Published in: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volume 17, Issue 1, pp. 43-43

DOI: 10.1186/s12941-018-0294-5

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

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