Metagenomic sequencing could prove especially useful for diagnosis when the patient is immunocompromised: in such cases an ever wider array of infectious agents can cause serious harm, and diagnostic methods that rely on the detection of antibodies are more likely to fail.
Metagenomic sequencing could prove especially useful for diagnosis. The patient is immunocompromised. An ever wider array of infectious agents can cause serious harm. This is in such cases. Diagnostic methods are more likely to fail. These Diagnostic methods rely on the detection of antibodies.