Rapid metagenomic diagnostics for suspected outbreak of severe pneumonia

Nicole Fischer; Holger Rohde; Daniela Indenbirken; Thomas Günther; Kerstin Reumann; Marc Lütgehetmann; Thomas Meyer; Stefan Kluge; Martin Aepfelbacher; Malik Alawi; Adam Grundhoff

doi:10.3201/eid2006.131526

Rapid metagenomic diagnostics for suspected outbreak of severe pneumonia

Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Jun;20(6):1072-5. doi: 10.3201/eid2006.131526.

Authors

Nicole Fischer, Holger Rohde, Daniela Indenbirken, Thomas Günther, Kerstin Reumann, Marc Lütgehetmann, Thomas Meyer, Stefan Kluge, Martin Aepfelbacher, Malik Alawi, Adam Grundhoff

No abstract available

Keywords: ARDS; Chlamydophila psittaci; acute respiratory distress syndrome; atypical severe pneumonia; bacteria; high-throughput nucleotide sequencing; infectious disease outbreak; northern Germany; rapid metagenomic diagnostics; respiratory infections.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Chlamydophila psittaci / classification
Chlamydophila psittaci / genetics*
Chlamydophila psittaci / isolation & purification
Chlamydophila psittaci / pathogenicity
Genes, Bacterial*
Genes, Viral*
Germany
High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
Humans
Male
Metagenome*
Phylogeny
Pneumonia / diagnosis*
Pneumonia / microbiology
Psittacosis / diagnosis*
Psittacosis / microbiology
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / diagnosis*
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / microbiology