Lung abscess by Fusobacterium nucleatum and Streptococcus spp. co-infection by mNGS: A case series

Lung abscess by Fusobacterium nucleatum and Streptococcus spp. co-infection by mNGS: A case series

The aim of this article was to employ shotgun mNGS for pathogen diagnosis in three patients with lung abscesses. The pleural fluid or bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from patients was sent to traditional culture and the shotgun mNGS test. Laboratory culture tested negative and shotgun mNGS analysis rev...

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Main Authors: Wang Na, Gao Zhichao, He Shuai, Han Mengzhen, Han Wenjie, Liu Xiaolin, Cao Hui, Jing Mingxi, Sun Tao, Xu Junnan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2023-07-01
Series:Open Life Sciences
Subjects:
co-infection
fusobacterium nucleatum
lung abscess
shotgun metagenome next-generation sequencing
streptococcus spp.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/biol-2022-0651

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https://doi.org/10.1515/biol-2022-0651

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