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SUBMITTER: Lim YW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3911355 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lim Yan Wei YW Evangelista Jose S JS Schmieder Robert R Bailey Barbara B Haynes Matthew M Furlan Mike M Maughan Heather H Edwards Robert R Rohwer Forest F Conrad Douglas D
Journal of clinical microbiology 20131120 2
As DNA sequencing becomes faster and cheaper, genomics-based approaches are being explored for their use in personalized diagnoses and treatments. Here, we provide a proof of principle for disease monitoring using personal metagenomic sequencing and traditional clinical microbiology by focusing on three adults with cystic fibrosis (CF). The CF lung is a dynamic environment that hosts a complex ecosystem composed of bacteria, viruses, and fungi that can vary in space and time. Not surprisingly, t ...[more]