학술논문

Clinical Metagenomic Sequencing for Diagnosis of Meningitis and Encephalitis
Document Type
Report
Source
JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association. June 4, 2019, Vol. 321 Issue 21, p2327, 14 p.
Subject
Usage
Diagnosis
Genetic aspects
DNA sequencing -- Usage
Encephalitis -- Diagnosis
Meningitis -- Genetic aspects
Meningitis -- Diagnosis
Nucleotide sequencing -- Usage
Language
English
ISSN
0098-7484
Abstract
The article reports on a study to evaluate the benefits and advantages of clinical metagenomic sequencing for the diagnosis of meningitis and encephalitis. The results indicate that this form of sequencing helped improve diagnosis of neurologic infections among patients with meningitis or encephalitis.