| Literature DB >> 24574281 |
Stephen J Salipante1, Daniel R Hoogestraat, April N Abbott, Dhruba J SenGupta, Lisa A Cummings, Susan M Butler-Wu, Karen Stephens, Brad T Cookson, Noah G Hoffman.
Abstract
Some bacterial infections involve potentially complex mixtures of species that can now be distinguished using next-generation DNA sequencing. We present a case of mastoiditis where Gram stain, culture, and molecular diagnosis were nondiagnostic or discrepant. Next-generation sequencing implicated coinfection of Fusobacterium nucleatum and Actinomyces israelii, resolving these diagnostic discrepancies.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24574281 PMCID: PMC3993667 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03133-13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948