AAMS Laboratory Medicine & Diagnostics · Vol. 2 · Issue 1 · 2025-03-18
Next-Generation Sequencing in Clinical Microbiology: Pathogen Identification from Sterile Body Fluids
Rodriguez AM, Fernandez JL
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain¹; Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain²
Abstract
Evaluation of metagenomic next-generation sequencing for pathogen identification in 800 sterile body fluid specimens, demonstrating 32% higher detection rate compared to conventional culture methods.
Keywords: Next-Generation Sequencing, Metagenomics, Clinical Microbiology, Pathogen Detection, Body Fluids
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