Most diagnostic tests look for a single microorganism, or at most a limited panel of microorganisms. Charles Chiu discusses his research on metagenomic sequencing as a diagnostic tool that can identify all potential pathogens in a given patient sample. Links for this Episode: <ul> <li><a href= "https://asm.org/mtmpoll/">MTM Listener Survey</a>, only takes 3 minutes! Thanks;)</li> <li><a href="https://profiles.ucsf.edu/charles.chiu">Charles Chiu Profile at UCSF</a></li> <li><a href="https://chiulab.ucsf.edu/">Chiu Lab at UCSF</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.archivesofpathology.org/doi/pdf/10.5858/arpa.2016-0539-RA"> Validation of Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing Tests for Universal Pathogen Detection</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/nm.4380?WT.feed_name=subjects_microbiology"> The Eukaryotic Gut Virome in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: New Clues in Enteric Graft-Versus-Host Disease</a></li> <li>HOM Tidbit: <a href= "http://jem.rupress.org/content/jem/26/4/477.full.pdf">Dochez and Avery. The Elaboration of Specific Soluble Substance by Pneumococcus during Growth. Journal of Experimental Medicine 1917.</a></li> <li>HOM Tidbit: <a href= "https://jcm.asm.org/content/55/8/2313">Kozel and Burnham-Marusich. Point-of-Care Testing for Infectious Diseases: Past, Present, and Future. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2017.  </a></li> </ul>

111: The Cheese Microbiome with Rachel Dutton

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