Retrospective clinical and microbiologic analysis of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in the microbiological diagnosis of cutaneous infectious granulomas

• Main Authors: Hsingmei Liu (Author), Qiao Ran (Author), Jianchi Ma (Author), Jing Zhang (Author), Ni Tan (Author), Liyan Xi (Author), Xiqing Li (Author), Junmin Zhang (Author), Sha Lu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Cutaneous infectious granulomas (CIG) are localized and chronic skin infection caused by a variety of pathogens such as protozoans, bacteria, worms, viruses and fungi. The diagnosis of CIG is difficult because microbiological examination shows low sensitivity and the histomorphol...