通过使用纳米孔16S安普利康测序的元基因学方法识别脑中的细菌病原体

Hyoshin Son1, Jangsup Moon2, Eun Jin Ha3

  • 1Department of Neurology, Laboratory for Neurotherapeutics, Biomedical Research Institute, College of Medicine Seoul National University, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea; Department of Neurology, Eunpyeong St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea.

概括

16S rRNA基因的纳米孔测序提供了一种更快,更灵敏的方法来诊断脑. 这种先进的技术准确地识别了多微生物感染,包括罕见的病原体,超过了传统的培养方法.

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