4 Topic Commentaries

Rethinking Infection Diagnostics in Cystic Fibrosis

Rethinking Infection Diagnostics in Cystic Fibrosis

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  Douglas J. Conrad, MD

  Pulmonary Medicine (Cystic Fibrosis)

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  UC San Diego Health / UC San Diego School of Medicine

  It may be respiratory flora, but it's not normal.

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  Pradeep Singh, MD

  Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Microbiology

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  University of Washington

  Many bacteria can’t take up plasmids on their own, so we suspected they had help.

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  Colin Manoil, PhD

  Genome Sciences; Microbiology

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  University of Washington

  The long-strand sequencing showed that the lung pathogens had acquired circular pieces of DNA called plasmids that included new resistance genes.

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  Robin Patel, MD

  Clinical Microbiology; Infectious Diseases

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  Mayo Clinic

  Shotgun metagenomics can look for any kind of microorganism. It’s what we refer to as ‘unbiased’.

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