Investigating Transfusion-Related Sepsis using Culture-Independent Metagenomic Sequencing
E. D. Crawford, J. Kamm, S. Miller, L. Li, S. Caldera, A. D. Lyden, D. Yokoe, A. Nichols, N. K. Tran, S. Barnhard, P. M. Conner, A. Nambiar, M. S. Zinter, M. Moayeri, P. Hayakawa Serpa, , C. Langelier
This study uses metagenomic sequencing to identify pathogens in transfusion-related sepsis cases, revealing a novel Acinetobacter species and demonstrating the utility of culture-independent methods.
bioRxiv · Sep 16, 2019Microbiology