Comprehensive metagenomic approach for detecting causative microorganisms in culture-negative infective endocarditis

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Mar 15;172(2):e288-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.12.197. Epub 2014 Jan 8.

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
² Department of Infection Metagenomics, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan. Electronic address: asano@cardiology.med.osaka-u.ac.jp.
⁴ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
⁵ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan; Department of Medical Biochemistry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.

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Keywords: Culture-negative infective endocarditis; Metagenomic analysis; Next generation sequencing.

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