Clinical Metagenomic Sequencing for Diagnosis of Meningitis and Encephalitis
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- 13 June 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 380 (24), 2327-2340
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1803396
Abstract
Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (NGS) of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) has the potential to identify a broad range of pathogens in a single test.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (K08NS096117)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL105704, U54HL119893)
- California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (UL1TR000004)
- Bowes Foundation
- Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation
- Sandler Foundation
- Rachleff family endowment
- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
- George and Judy Marcus Innovation Fund
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