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

• Main Authors: Jun Cheng (Author), Huan Hu (Author), Yue Kang (Author), Weizhi Chen (Author), Wei Fang (Author), Kaijuan Wang (Author), Qian Zhang (Author), Aisi Fu (Author), Shuilian Zhou (Author), Chen Cheng (Author), Qingqing Cao (Author), Feiyan Wang (Author), Shela Lee (Author), Zhou Zhou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...