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Unveiling the Pathogenic Bacteria Causing Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis
8 Jun 2022
Abstract excerpt
The combination of maxillofacial infections (MI) with descending necrotizing mediastinitis (DNM) is a complex disease characterized by rapid development and high mortality. Here, we performed metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) using samples from 21 patients with MI and eight patients with DNM. In this study, we found that the species richness of the DNM group was higher than that of the MI group, and...
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