Metagenomic Sequencing of Positive Blood Culture Fluid for Accurate Bacterial and Fungal Species Identification: A Pilot Study

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With blood stream infections (BSIs) representing a major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide, blood cultures play a crucial role in diagnosis, but their clinical application is dampened by the long turn-around time and the detection of only culturable pathogens. In this study, we developed and validated a shotgun metagenomics next-generation sequencing (mNGS) test directly from positive blood culture...

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