An investigation of conventional microbial culture for the Naja atra bite wound, and the comparison between culture-based 16S Sanger sequencing and 16S metagenomics of the snake oropharyngeal bacterial microbiota.

• Main Authors: Yan-Chiao Mao (Author), Han-Ni Chuang (Author), Chien-Hung Shih (Author), Han-Hsueh Hsieh (Author), Yu-Han Jiang (Author), Liao-Chun Chiang (Author), Wen-Loung Lin (Author), Tzu-Hung Hsiao (Author), Po-Yu Liu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Naja atra is a major venomous snake found in Taiwan. The bite of this snake causes extensive wound necrosis or necrotizing soft tissue infection. Conventional microbial culture-based techniques may fail to identify potential human pathogens and render antibiotics ineffective in the management of wou...