ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol.
Sec. Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume 15 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1612282
This article is part of the Research TopicExploring Clinical Application Scenarios of Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing for Pathogen DiagnosisView all 3 articles
Infected Pericardial Effusion Caused by Prevotella intermedia: A Rare Diagnosis
Provisionally accepted
- 1Songnan Town Community Health Service Center, Shanghai, China
- 2Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, Beijing Municipality, China
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Prevotella intermedia is a Gram-negative bacterium that thrives in anaerobic environments. It presents challenges in detection through routine laboratory assays, and hitherto, there has been no documented instance of detecting this bacterium in pericardial effusion in China. Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing (mNGS) can boost the detection rate of this pathogen and furnish early guidance for clinical management.
Keywords: Prevotella intermedia, Pericardial tamponade, Pericardial Effusion, Infection, MNGs
Received: 15 Apr 2025; Accepted: 26 May 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Tianyang Chen, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, Beijing Municipality, China
Qian Wang, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, Beijing Municipality, China
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