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Metagenomics-driven rapid diagnosis of an imported fatal case of rare amoebic meningoencephalitis
We identified Naegleria fowleri as the aetiologic agent from cerebrospinal fluid of a patient with a travel history to Karachi. We demonstrate the benefit of metagenomics-based rapid diagnosis of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis when routine clinical tests fail to provide a definitive diagnosis....
Autores principales: | Guan, Qingtian, Alhuthali, Bushra, Mfarrej, Sara, Halim, Magid Abdel, Almaghrabi, Reem S, Pain, Arnab |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9282092/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34738616 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taab172 |
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