ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2024
Accurate etiological diagnosis of
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- Clinical characteristics and antimicrobial management of invasiveFrontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Evaluation of risk factors and treatment options associated with extra-urogenitalFrontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Mycoplasma hominis infections in deep sternal wound infections post-cardiac surgery: insights from three case reports.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Intracranial infection in an adult caused byFrontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Mediastinal infections: diagnostic and therapeutic advances from traditional surgery to novel minimally invasive techniques.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
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Abstract
Background: As a culture-independent method, metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) is widely used in microbiological diagnosis with advantages in identifying potential pathogens, guiding antibiotic therapy, and improving clinical prognosis, especially in culture-negative cases. Methods: By searching the electronic medical history retrieval system with " Results: For the seven patients, cultures of blood, abscess, and mediastinal fluid were negative whereas mNGS identified Conclusions: mNGS might be a promising technology in the detection of fastidious pathogens such as
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