The role of metagenomics and next-generation sequencing in infectious disease diagnosis

S Miller, C Chiu - Clinical chemistry, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) for pathogen detection is
becoming increasingly available as a method to identify pathogens in cases of suspected …

[HTML][HTML] Metagenomics next-generation sequencing tests take the stage in the diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infections

Z Diao, D Han, R Zhang, J Li - Journal of advanced research, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) has changed the diagnosis
landscape of lower respiratory tract infections (LRIs). With the development of newer …

Agnostic sequencing for detection of viral pathogens

NPG Gauthier, SD Chorlton, M Krajden… - Clinical microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The advent of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies has expanded our ability to
detect and analyze microbial genomes and has yielded novel molecular approaches for …

[HTML][HTML] Recommendations for the introduction of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in clinical virology, part II: bioinformatic analysis and reporting

JJC de Vries, JR Brown, N Couto, M Beer… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) is an untargeted technique for
determination of microbial DNA/RNA sequences in a variety of sample types from patients …

A case for investment in clinical metagenomics in low-income and middle-income countries

G Marais, D Hardie, A Brink - The Lancet Microbe, 2023 - thelancet.com
Clinical metagenomics is the diagnostic approach with the broadest capacity to detect both
known and novel pathogens. Clinical metagenomics is costly to run and requires …

[HTML][HTML] Benchmark of thirteen bioinformatic pipelines for metagenomic virus diagnostics using datasets from clinical samples

JJC de Vries, JR Brown, N Fischer, IA Sidorov… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction Metagenomic sequencing is increasingly being used in clinical settings for
difficult to diagnose cases. The performance of viral metagenomic protocols relies to a large …

Clinical metagenomics—challenges and future prospects

M Batool, J Galloway-Peña - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Infections lacking precise diagnosis are often caused by a rare or uncharacterized
pathogen, a combination of pathogens, or a known pathogen carrying undocumented or …

The potential role of clinical metagenomics in infectious diseases: therapeutic perspectives

C d'Humières, M Salmona, S Dellière, S Leo… - Drugs, 2021 - Springer
Clinical metagenomics (CMg) is the process of sequencing nucleic acid of clinical samples
to obtain clinically relevant information such as the identification of microorganisms and their …

Virion-associated nucleic acid-based metagenomics: a decade of advances in molecular characterization of plant viruses

O Moubset, S François, F Maclot, E Palanga… - …, 2022 - Am Phytopath Society
Over the last decade, viral metagenomic studies have resulted in the discovery of thousands
of previously unknown viruses. These studies are likely to play a pivotal role in obtaining an …

Unified metagenomic method for rapid detection of microorganisms in clinical samples

A Alcolea-Medina, C Alder, LB Snell… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Background Clinical metagenomics involves the genomic sequencing of all microorganisms
in clinical samples ideally after depletion of human DNA to increase sensitivity and reduce …