Inability of Polymerase Chain Reaction, Pyrosequencing, and Culture of Infected and Uninfected Site Skin Biopsy Specimens to Identify the Cause of Cellulitis
Author(s) -
Jonathan G. Crisp,
Sukhjit S. Takhar,
Gregory J. Moran,
Anusha Krishnadasan,
Scot E. Dowd,
Sydney M. Finegold,
Paula Summanen,
David A. Talan,
Fredrick M. Abrahamian,
Eric Gross,
Laeben Lester,
William Chiang,
Lala M. Dunbar,
Frank LoVecchio,
Bisan A. Salhi,
Jonathan Jui,
Manish Garg,
Richard E. Rothman,
Mark T. Steele,
Sunil D. Shroff
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/civ655
Subject(s) - cellulitis , staphylococcus aureus , microbiology and biotechnology , polymerase chain reaction , medicine , pyrosequencing , skin biopsy , streptococcus pyogenes , biopsy , microbiological culture , bacteria , biology , immunology , pathology , gene , biochemistry , genetics
The cause of cellulitis is unclear. Streptococcus pyogenes, and to a lesser extent, Staphylococcus aureus, are presumed pathogens.
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