Case Report: Mycobacterium kansasii causing infective endocarditis explored by metagenomic next-generation sequencing

Case Report: Mycobacterium kansasii causing infective endocarditis explored by metagenomic next-generation sequencing

In this report, we describe the first case of infective endocarditis caused by Mycobacterium kansasii in a 45-year-old male patient who presented with a 10-day fever and decompensated cirrhosis. Despite negative results in blood culture and pathology, we employed metagenomic next-generation sequenci...

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Main Authors: Liuqing Yang, Ling Peng, Ke Yuan, Kanru Cai, Cheng Feng, Gendong Yang, Shunyao Wang, Xiuyun Zhu, Jieyun Zhang, Fuxiang Wang, Hongzhou Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM)
Mycobacterium kansasii
infective endocarditis
metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS)
CNV (copy number variant)
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2023.1227537/full

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