David Gaston, MD, FCAP, comments on an NGS approach using the RPIP system called targeted NGS. “Using NGS to find the genetic signatures of pathogens is akin to searching for information on a specific topic in a library with a tremendous number of books,” explains Dr. Gaston. “With metagenomic NGS, you have to read through all of the books to uncover the ones that reference the topic. But with targeted NGS, you first ask the librarian to pull those volumes most likely to include the topic and then conduct a more focused, more promising search.”
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