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Towards diagnostic metagenomics of Campylobacter in fecal samples

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Microbiology, June 2017
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Title
Towards diagnostic metagenomics of Campylobacter in fecal samples
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BMC Microbiology, June 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12866-017-1041-3
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Sandra Christine Andersen, Kristoffer Kiil, Christoffer Bugge Harder, Mathilde Hasseldam Josefsen, Søren Persson, Eva Møller Nielsen, Jeffrey Hoorfar

Abstract

The development of diagnostic metagenomics is driven by the need for universal, culture-independent methods for detection and characterization of pathogens to substitute the time-consuming, organism-specific, and often culture-based laboratory procedures for epidemiological source-tracing. Some of the challenges in diagnostic metagenomics are, that it requires a great next-generation sequencing depth and unautomated data analysis. DNA from human fecal samples spiked with 7.75 × 10(1)-7.75 × 10(7) colony forming unit (CFU)/ml Campylobacter jejuni and chicken fecal samples spiked with 1 × 10(2)-1 × 10(6) CFU/g Campylobacter jejuni was sequenced and data analysis was done by the metagenomic tools Kraken and CLARK. More hits were obtained at higher spiking levels, however with no significant linear correlations (human samples p = 0.12, chicken samples p = 0.10). Therefore, no definite detection limit could be determined, but the lowest spiking levels found positive were 7.75 × 10(4) CFU/ml in human feces and 10(3) CFU/g in chicken feces. Eight human clinical fecal samples with estimated Campylobacter infection loads from 9.2 × 10(4)-1.0 × 10(9) CFU/ml were analyzed using the same methods. It was possible to detect Campylobacter in all the clinical samples. Sensitivity in diagnostic metagenomics is improving and has reached a clinically relevant level. There are still challenges to overcome before real-time diagnostic metagenomics can replace quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) or culture-based surveillance and diagnostics, but it is a promising new technology.

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Unknown 52 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 13 25%
Student > Bachelor 5 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 8%
Student > Master 4 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 4%
Other 7 13%
Unknown 17 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 19%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 15%
Immunology and Microbiology 5 10%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 4 8%
Computer Science 3 6%
Other 4 8%
Unknown 18 35%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 September 2017.
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#14,940,583
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#1,610
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