TB Research

Illuminating Tuberculosis Meningitis with Metagenomics and FLASH Enrichment (S45.005)

Prashanth Ramachandran, Fiona V Cresswell, Charles Langelier, Saharai Caldera, Amy Lyden, Aaron McGeever, Josh Batson, Rene Sit, et al. (15 authors)

Neurology · 2019-04

Abstract

To enhance detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis meningitis (TBM) and anti-microbial resistance (AMR) mutations in HIV-infected Ugandan adults with meningitis, using metagenomic next generation sequencing (mNGS) of CSF coupled with CRISPR-Cas9 enrichment technology.

MeSH terms

  • Metagenomics
  • Tuberculosis
  • Virology
  • Meningitis
  • Microbiology
  • Medicine
  • Biology