Metagenomic prediction of antimicrobial resistance in critically ill patients with lower respiratory tract infections

Abstract Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is rising at an alarming rate and complicating the management of infectious diseases including lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI). Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) is a recently established method for culture-independent LRTI dia...

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Main Authors: Paula Hayakawa Serpa, Xianding Deng, Mazin Abdelghany, Emily Crawford, Katherine Malcolm, Saharai Caldera, Monica Fung, Aaron McGeever, Katrina L. Kalantar, Amy Lyden, Rajani Ghale, Thomas Deiss, Norma Neff, Steven A. Miller, Sarah B. Doernberg, Charles Y. Chiu, Joseph L. DeRisi, Carolyn S. Calfee, Charles R. Langelier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-07-01
Series:Genome Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13073-022-01072-4