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ArticleFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2026

Diagnostic challenges in postoperative pelvic infections associated with

Yusuke Takahashi, Ryuichi Minoda Sada, Hiroo Matsuo, Shungo Yamamoto, Shinya Matsuzaki, Aiko Okada, Atsuko Sunada, Miyuki Takao, Go Yamamoto, Ching-Kai Chuang and 2 more

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Article in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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12 authors.

Yusuke TakahashiDepartment of Infection Control and Prevention, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan.
Ryuichi Minoda SadaDepartment of Infection Control and Prevention, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan.
Hiroo MatsuoDepartment of Infection Control and Prevention, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan.
Shungo YamamotoDepartment of Infection Control and Prevention, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan.
Shinya MatsuzakiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan.
Aiko OkadaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan.
Atsuko SunadaDepartment of Infection Control and Prevention, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan.
Miyuki TakaoDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan.
Go YamamotoDepartment of Infection Control and Prevention, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan.
Ching-Kai ChuangAsia Pathogenomics Co., Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan.
Chun-Hao LiuAsia Pathogenomics Japan Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.
Satoshi KutsunaDepartment of Infection Control and Prevention, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Postoperative gynecological infections may present diagnostic challenges, particularly in the presence of fastidious genital mollicutes and inherently mixed microbial DNA, both of which limit the diagnostic performance of microbiological methods, including Gram staining, conventional culture, 16S rRNA gene PCR followed by Sanger sequencing. This study aimed to illustrate the limitations of conventional microbiological methods in the diagnosis of gynecologic pelvic infections and highlight key considerations for the clinical use of metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS), based on two contrasting cases of postoperative pelvic infections associated with

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MetagenomicsMycoplasma hominisPelvic InfectionPostoperative ComplicationsDNA, BacterialFemaleHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSequence Analysis, DNADNA, BacterialRNA, Ribosomal, 16S16S rRNA gene PCRgenital mollicutesmetagenomic next-generation sequencingmetamycoplasma hominispostoperative pelvic infection

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PMID42136736
PMCPMC13168059

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