Tag Archives: Metagenomics

December 2021—Clinical metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS), the comprehensive analysis of microbial and host genetic material (DNA and RNA) in patient samples, is increasingly available in clinical laboratories. At present, for various reasons including test complexity, cost, and turnaround time, this technology is generally limited to difficult-to-diagnose conditions where conventional microbiological testing methods may not lead to a definitive diagnosis in selected patients, such as those with meningoencephalitis of unknown etiology.

September 2021—A stem cell transplant patient at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago had a disseminated fungal infection by every clinical criterion, but no conventional method had detected it.