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SUBMITTER: Forbes JD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6050174 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Forbes Jessica D JD Knox Natalie C NC Peterson Christy-Lynn CL Reimer Aleisha R AR
Computational and structural biotechnology journal 20180227
Clinical metagenomics (CMg) is the discipline that refers to the sequencing of all nucleic acid material present within a clinical specimen with the intent to recover clinically relevant microbial information. From a diagnostic perspective, next-generation sequencing (NGS) offers the ability to rapidly identify putative pathogens and predict their antimicrobial resistance profiles to optimize targeted treatment regimens. Since the introduction of metagenomics nearly a decade ago, numerous report ...[more]