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Internal Medicine • Infectious Disease • Pulmonology • Pulmonary Infections • Non-Tubercular Mycobacteria
Are you using the microbial cell-free DNA “Karius” test to aid in the diagnosis of an atypical pulmonary infection such as PJP or NTM?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
No, not at this time.
Intriguing, but not sure we know enough yet.
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Answer from: at Academic Institution
I ordered it once but it didn’t help in the diagnosis. The patient expired from multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) and sepsis.
It is an expensive test, so I won’t be ordering it routinely.