Diagnosing Bacteremia in Real Time Using Next-Generation Sequencing-Based Technology

Charles W Stratton; Yi-Wei Tang

doi:10.1016/j.jmoldx.2020.01.002

Diagnosing Bacteremia in Real Time Using Next-Generation Sequencing-Based Technology

J Mol Diagn. 2020 Mar;22(3):301-303. doi: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2020.01.002. Epub 2020 Jan 21.

Authors

Charles W Stratton¹, Yi-Wei Tang²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.
² Cepheid, Danaher Diagnostic Platform, Shanghai, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: yi-wei.tang@cepheid.com.

PMID: 31978560
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2020.01.002

Abstract

This commentary highlights the article by Grumaz et al that describes the use of molecular sequencing for fast detection of pathogens directly from blood samples from septic patients.

Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

Bacteremia*
High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing*
Humans