ECCMID April 2022 Symposium: Evolution of rapid metagenomics for infectious disease applications

Clinical metagenomics has emerged as a powerful tool that can identify microbial pathogens and detect antimicrobial resistance in clinical settings. In this session, leading researchers presented the development and application of rapid metagenomics pipelines that identify pathogens and offer the future potential to support targeted antimicrobial therapeutic decisions for patients with infectious disease.

Talks

• INHALE project - the potential of metagenomics for management of HAP and VAP in a critical care setting
  Speaker: Vicky Enne, University College London,
• Same-day respiratory metagenomics: beyond culture
  Speaker: Jonathan Edgeworth, GSTT
• Clinical metagenomics or the detection of antibiotic resistance: the next frontier?
  Speaker: Etienne Ruppé, Université de Paris Cité
• Towards rapid pathogen and AMR diagnostics for treatment of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) patients in a German hospital
  Speaker: Alice McHardy, Helmhotltz Centre for Infectious Research