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SUBMITTER: Huang Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6367198 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Huang Zida Z Zhang Chongjing C Li Wenbo W Fang Xinyu X Wang Qijin Q Xing Li L Li Yingzhen Y Nie Xifang X Yang Bin B Zhang Wenming W
Journal of bone and joint infection 20190129 1
Identifying fastidious pathogens in patients with prosthetic joint infection (PJI) by culture is challenging. Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) is a novel culture-independent approach that is associated with a higher likelihood for identifying pathogens. We present a case where mNGS was implemented to identify <i>Parvimonas micra</i>, a rarely reported and difficult-to-culture PJI pathogen. ...[more]