Modern Solutions for Ancient Pathogens: Direct Pathogen Sequencing for Diagnosis of Lepromatous Leprosy and Cerebral Coenurosis.
Open Forum Infect Dis
; 9(9): ofac428, 2022 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-36119959
ABSTRACT
Microbes unculturable in vitro remain diagnostically challenging, dependent historically on clinical findings, histology, or targeted molecular detection. We applied whole-genome sequencing directly from tissue to diagnose infections with mycobacteria (leprosy) and parasites (coenurosis). Direct pathogen DNA sequencing provides flexible solutions to diagnosis of difficult pathogens in diverse contexts.
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01-internacional
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3_ND
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MEDLINE
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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En
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Open Forum Infect Dis
Ano de publicação:
2022
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Article