Polymicrobial Anaerobic Meningitis Detected by Next-Generation Sequencing: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Polymicrobial Anaerobic Meningitis Detected by Next-Generation Sequencing: Case Report and Review of the Literature

BackgroundAnaerobic meningitis is a severe central nervous system infection associated with significant neurological sequelae and high mortality. However, the precise detection of causative pathogen(s) remains difficult because anaerobic bacteria are difficult to culture. Next-generation sequencing...

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Main Authors: Xiaoqiang Li, Hui Du, Zhibin Song, Hui Wang, Xiong Long
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
metagenomic next-generation sequencing
anaerobic meningitis
polymicrobial infection
case report
nervous system infection
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.840910/full

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