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Int Ophthalmol ; 43(8): 2653-2668, 2023 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36941506

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: This paper aimed to assess the diagnostic utility of a newly developed gene-based technology-nanopore targeted sequencing (NTS) in suspected endophthalmitis patients. METHODS: This retrospective study included 43 patients (44 eyes) with suspected endophthalmitis. NTS was applied along with microbiological culture to detect unknown pathogens in intraocular fluid samples. The diagnostic utility of NTS was mainly evaluated from three aspects, including the positivity rate of bacterial/fungal presence, diagnostic turnaround time and the frequency of change in treatment based on etiology test results. Non-parametric, two-sided Wilcoxon rank sum test, the McNemar's test and the kappa statistic were used for statistical comparisons. RESULTS: NTS showed significant advantages over traditional culture in positivity rates and diagnostic time (P < 0.001, kappa = 0.082; Z = -5.805, P < 0. 001). As regards antibiotic strategy, 17 patients (39.53%) and 5 patients (11.63%) underwent medication change following NTS and culture results respectively (P < 0.001, kappa = 0.335). With reasonable use of antibiotic and surgical intervention, most patients responded favorably, judged by significantly improved visual acuity (Z = -4.249, P < 0.001). The mean duration of hospitalization was 8.49 ± 2.45 days (range, 1-16 days). CONCLUSION: The high efficiency feature of NTS in pathogen detection renders it a valuable supplementary to traditional culture. Additionally, it has facilitated patients' management for the early and precise diagnosis of endophthalmitis.


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Endophthalmitis , Eye Infections, Bacterial , Nanopores , Humans , Retrospective Studies , Endophthalmitis/etiology , Aqueous Humor/microbiology , Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Eye Infections, Bacterial/microbiology
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Small ; 16(32): e2002169, 2020 08.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32578378

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The ongoing global novel coronavirus pneumonia COVID-19 outbreak has engendered numerous cases of infection and death. COVID-19 diagnosis relies upon nucleic acid detection; however, currently recommended methods exhibit high false-negative rates and are unable to identify other respiratory virus infections, thereby resulting in patient misdiagnosis and impeding epidemic containment. Combining the advantages of targeted amplification and long-read, real-time nanopore sequencing, herein, nanopore targeted sequencing (NTS) is developed to detect SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses simultaneously within 6-10 h, with a limit of detection of ten standard plasmid copies per reaction. Compared with its specificity for five common respiratory viruses, the specificity of NTS for SARS-CoV-2 reaches 100%. Parallel testing with approved real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction kits for SARS-CoV-2 and NTS using 61 nucleic acid samples from suspected COVID-19 cases show that NTS identifies more infected patients (22/61) as positive, while also effectively monitoring for mutated nucleic acid sequences, categorizing types of SARS-CoV-2, and detecting other respiratory viruses in the test sample. NTS is thus suitable for COVID-19 diagnosis; moreover, this platform can be further extended for diagnosing other viruses and pathogens.


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Betacoronavirus/genetics , Betacoronavirus/isolation & purification , Coronavirus Infections/diagnosis , Coronavirus Infections/virology , Nanopores , Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques/methods , Pneumonia, Viral/diagnosis , Pneumonia, Viral/virology , Betacoronavirus/classification , COVID-19 , Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology , DNA, Viral/genetics , DNA, Viral/isolation & purification , Genes, Viral , Humans , Limit of Detection , Mutation , Nanotechnology , Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques/statistics & numerical data , Pandemics , Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology , RNA, Viral/genetics , RNA, Viral/isolation & purification , Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction , Respiratory Tract Infections/diagnosis , Respiratory Tract Infections/virology , Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction , SARS-CoV-2 , Sensitivity and Specificity
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