A case of Vibrio vulnificus related wound infection diagnosed by next-generation sequencing
Vibrio vulnificus is a serious opportunistic human pathogen, which can cause primary septicemia, wound infection and gastroenteritis. In this case, wound and blood culture failed to grow the pathogen and a next-generation sequencing method was used to detect the pathogen as V. vulnificus. Keywords:...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-01-01
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Series: | IDCases |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250918302142 |