Open AccessDiagnostic value and clinical application of next-generation sequencing for infections in immunosuppressed patients with corticosteroid therapy
Author(s) -
Sen Wang,
Jingwen Ai,
Peng Cui,
Yimin Zhu,
Honglong Wu,
Wenhong Zhang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of translational medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2305-5847
pISSN - 2305-5839
DOI - 10.21037/atm.2020.01.30
Subject(s) - immunosuppression , medicine , antibiotics , corticosteroid , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
NGS of clinical samples from immunosuppressed patients demonstrated promising diagnostic potential in identifying clinically relevant pathogens. Consequently NGS stands to become a standard tool for infection detection and control, providing valuable information to optimize antibiotic therapy in immunosuppressed patients.
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