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: Received: 14 November 2018 / Approved: 16 November 2018 / Online: 16 November 2018 (09:45:38 CET)
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Bialasiewicz, S.; Duarte, T.P.; Nguyen, S.H.; Sukumaran, V.; Stewart, A.; Appleton, S.; Pitt, M.E.; Bainomugisa, A.; Jennison, A.V.; Graham, R.; Coin, L.J.; Hajkowicz, K. Rapid Diagnosis of Capnocytophaga canimorsus Septic Shock in an Immunocompetent Individual Using Real-Time Nanopore Sequencing. Preprints2018, 2018110395 (doi: 10.20944/preprints201811.0395.v1).
Bialasiewicz, S.; Duarte, T.P.; Nguyen, S.H.; Sukumaran, V.; Stewart, A.; Appleton, S.; Pitt, M.E.; Bainomugisa, A.; Jennison, A.V.; Graham, R.; Coin, L.J.; Hajkowicz, K. Rapid Diagnosis of Capnocytophaga canimorsus Septic Shock in an Immunocompetent Individual Using Real-Time Nanopore Sequencing. Preprints 2018, 2018110395 (doi: 10.20944/preprints201811.0395.v1).
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Bialasiewicz, S.; Duarte, T.P.; Nguyen, S.H.; Sukumaran, V.; Stewart, A.; Appleton, S.; Pitt, M.E.; Bainomugisa, A.; Jennison, A.V.; Graham, R.; Coin, L.J.; Hajkowicz, K. Rapid Diagnosis of Capnocytophaga canimorsus Septic Shock in an Immunocompetent Individual Using Real-Time Nanopore Sequencing. Preprints2018, 2018110395 (doi: 10.20944/preprints201811.0395.v1).
Bialasiewicz, S.; Duarte, T.P.; Nguyen, S.H.; Sukumaran, V.; Stewart, A.; Appleton, S.; Pitt, M.E.; Bainomugisa, A.; Jennison, A.V.; Graham, R.; Coin, L.J.; Hajkowicz, K. Rapid Diagnosis of Capnocytophaga canimorsus Septic Shock in an Immunocompetent Individual Using Real-Time Nanopore Sequencing. Preprints 2018, 2018110395 (doi: 10.20944/preprints201811.0395.v1).
Abstract
We present a case of Capnocytophaga canimorsus septic shock after a dog bite in an immunocompetent individual, where real-time nanopore metagenomic sequencing characterized the microbial agent within 19 hours, with subsequent confirmation using droplet digital PCR. Oral swabs from the dog demonstrated a nearly-identical C. canimorsus isolate by sequencing.
Keywords
nanopore sequencing; droplet digital PCR; Capnocytophaga canimorsus; diagnosis; sepsis
Subject
MEDICINE & PHARMACOLOGY, Pathology & Pathobiology
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