Routine Use of 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing for Diagnosis of Culture-Negative Bacterial Infections in Body Fluids Other than Blood: Benefits in a Limited Resource Hospital

Document Type : New and original researches in the field of Microbiology.

Authors

• Dalia Kadry Ismail ¹
• May S. Sherief ²
• Dina M. Hassan ²
• Asmaa S. Hegab ³
• Reem M. Hassan ²

¹ Department of clinical and chemical pathology, faculty of medicine, Cairo university

² Department of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

³ Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Keywords

• Body fluids
• 16S rRNA sequencing
• Culture negative

Main Subjects

• Diagnostics