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Application of respiratory metagenomics for COVID-19 patients on the intensive care unit to inform appropriate initial antimicrobial treatment and rapid detection of nosocomial transmission

2020-12-03

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<h4>Background</h4> Clinical metagenomics (CMg) is being evaluated for translation from a research tool into routine diagnostic service, but its potential to significantly improve management of acutely unwell patients has not been demonstrated. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic provides impetus to determine that benefit given increased risk of secondary infection and nosocomial transmission by multi-drug resistant (MDR) pat...

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23dcf4e4-7031-5886-b798-b5109b553191
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10.1101/2020.11.26.20229989
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