Direct DNA Sequencing-Based Analysis of Microbiota Associated with Hematological Malignancies in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.
Faisal Mousa AlzahraniAli Al-AmriSaeed Sattar ShaikhMuzaheed MuzaheedAmer Ibrahim AlomarSadananda AcharyaMaryam Ahmed AldossaryFathelrahman Mahdi HassanPublished in: BioMed research international (2021)
Most of the BSI in patients were characterized by polymicrobial infections, unlike the control samples. Molecular methods like NGS showed robust, fast, and specific identification of infectious agents in BSI in HM, indicating the possibility of its application in routine follow-up of such patients for infections.