The application of shotgun metagenomics to the diagnosis of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis due to Balamuthia mandrillaris: a case report.
Shota HirakataYusuke SakiyamaAkiko YoshimuraMei IkedaKatsunori TakahataYuichi TashiroMichiyoshi YoshimuraHitoshi ArataHajime YonezawaMari KirishimaMichiyo HigashiMiho HatanakaTakuro KanekuraKenji YagitaEiji MatsuuraHiroshi TakashimaPublished in: BMC neurology (2021)
Shotgun metagenomics is useful for the diagnosis of central nervous system infections such as GAE wherein the pathogens are difficult to identify.