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Application of metagenomics for the detection of pathogens in patients with encephalitis and meningitis

2017/25/B/NZ6/01463

Keywords:

metagenomics next-generation sequencing encephalitis meningitis

Descriptors:

  • NZ6_5: Virology
  • NZ6_4: Bacteriology

Panel:

NZ6 - Human and animal immunology and infection: immunity, immune disorders, immunotherapy, infectious and invasive diseases, microbiology, transplantology, allergology

Host institution :

Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny, Wydział Lekarski

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Tomasz Laskus 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 3

Call: OPUS 13 - announced on 2017-03-15

Amount awarded: 1 838 800 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2018-01-24

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2023-01-23

Project duration:: 60 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project completed

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (8)
  1. Enteroviral central nervous system infections in patients with Lyme neuroborreliosis
    Authors:
    Karol Perlejewski Marek Radkowski Agnieszka Pawełczyk Małgorzata Rydzanicz Tomasz Dzieciątkowski Michał Makowiecki Marcin Paciorek Renata Welc-Falęciak Andrzej Horban Tomasz Laskus
    Academic press:
    Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases (rok: 2023, tom: 14, strony: 45664), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.ttbdis.2023.102253 - link to the publication
  2. Metagenomic search of viral coinfections in herpes simplex encephalitis patients
    Authors:
    Karol Perlejewski Marek Radkowski Małgorzata Rydzanicz Tomasz Dzieciątkowski Steffi Silling Magdalena Wieczorek Michał Makowiecki Andrzej Horban Tomasz Laskus
    Academic press:
    J Nourovirol. (rok: 2023, tom: 29 (5), strony: 588-597.), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s13365-023-01157-9 - link to the publication
  3. Search for Viral Infections in Cerebrospinal Fluid From Patients With Autoimmune Encephalitis.
    Authors:
    Perlejewski K, Pawełczyk A, Bukowska-Ośko I, Rydzanicz M, Dzieciątkowski T, Paciorek M, Makowiecki M, Caraballo Cortés K, Grochowska M, Radkowski M, Laskus T.
    Academic press:
    Open Forum Infect Dis. (rok: 2020, tom: 7(11), strony: 468), Wydawca: Oxford Academic
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/ofid/ofaa468. - link to the publication
  4. Human Pegivirus in Patients with Encephalitis of Unclear Etiology, Poland
    Authors:
    Iwona Bukowska-Ośko, Karol Perlejewski,corresponding author Agnieszka Pawełczyk, Małgorzata Rydzanicz, Agnieszka Pollak, Marta Popiel, Kamila Caraballo Cortés, Marcin Paciorek, Andrzej Horban, Tomasz Dzieciątkowski, Marek Radkowski, and Tomasz Laskus
    Academic press:
    Emerg Infect Dis. (rok: 2018, tom: 24(10), strony: 1785-1794), Wydawca: CDC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
  5. Contamination Issue in Viral Metagenomics: Problems, Solutions, and Clinical Perspectives
    Authors:
    Henryk Jurasz, Tomasz Pawłowski and Karol Perlejewski
    Academic press:
    Front. Microbiol., 20 October 2021 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.745076 (rok: 2021, tom: 11, strony: 745076-82), Wydawca: Frontiers
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3389/fmicb.2021.745076 - link to the publication
  6. Search for viral agents in cerebrospinal fluid in patients with multiple sclerosis using real-time PCR and metagenomics.
    Authors:
    Perlejewski K, Bukowska-Ośko I, Rydzanicz M, Dzieciątkowski T, Zakrzewska-Pniewska B, Podlecka-Piętowska A, Filipiak A, Barć K, Caraballo Cortés K, Pawełczyk A, Radkowski M, Laskus T.
    Academic press:
    PlosONE (rok: 2020, tom: Oct 28;15(10), strony: e0240601), Wydawca: Public Library of Science
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1371/journal.pone.0240601. - link to the publication
  7. Next-generation sequencing in the diagnosis of viral encephalitis: sensitivity and clinical limitations.
    Authors:
    Perlejewski K, Bukowska-Ośko I, Rydzanicz M, Pawełczyk A, Caraballo Cortѐs K, Osuch S, Paciorek M, Dzieciątkowski T, Radkowski M, Laskus T.
    Academic press:
    Sci Rep (rok: 2020, tom: 10(1), strony: 16173), Wydawca: Nature Publishing Group
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41598-020-73156-3. - link to the publication
  8. Patients with Infections of The Central Nervous System Have Lowered Gut Microbiota Alpha Diversity
    Authors:
    Marta Grochowska, Tomasz Laskus, Marcin Paciorek, Agnieszka Pollak, Urszula Lechowicz, Michał Makowiecki, Andrzej Horban, Marek Radkowski, Karol Perlejewski
    Academic press:
    Curr Issues Mol Biol (rok: 2022, tom: 44(7), strony: 2903-2914.), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/cimb44070200. - link to the publication