Pediatric sepsis cases diagnosed with group B streptococcal meningitis using next-generation sequencing: a report of two cases

Pediatric sepsis cases diagnosed with group B streptococcal meningitis using next-generation sequencing: a report of two cases

Abstract Background Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is an important cause of invasive infection in neonates and infants. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) findings and culture may not show evidence of infection early in GBS meningitis. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has the potential to detect microbial genet...

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Main Authors: Kazuhiro Horiba, Michio Suzuki, Nobuyuki Tetsuka, Yoshihiko Kawano, Makoto Yamaguchi, Toshihiko Okumura, Takako Suzuki, Yuka Torii, Jun-ichi Kawada, Makoto Morita, Shinya Hara, Tomoo Ogi, Yoshinori Ito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06231-3

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06231-3

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