Identification of pathogens in culture-negative infective endocarditis cases by metagenomic analysis

• Главные авторы: Jun Cheng (Автор), Huan Hu (Автор), Yue Kang (Автор), Weizhi Chen (Автор), Wei Fang (Автор), Kaijuan Wang (Автор), Qian Zhang (Автор), Aisi Fu (Автор), Shuilian Zhou (Автор), Chen Cheng (Автор), Qingqing Cao (Автор), Feiyan Wang (Автор), Shela Lee (Автор), Zhou Zhou (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: BMC, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Pathogens identification is critical for the proper diagnosis and precise treatment of infective endocarditis (IE). Although blood and valve cultures are the gold standard for IE pathogens detection, many cases are culture-negative, especially in patients who had received long-te...