The multidimensional nature of metagenomics drives interdisciplinary diagnostics

Clinical metagenomics is slowly becoming part of today's clinician's armamentarium to identify infectious diseases [1–3]. The clinical application of metagenomics landmarks the revolutionary introduction of this pathogen-agnostic approach, enabling the detection of all pathogens including uncultivable, variant, rare, resistant, and previously undiscovered ones. The current most frequent application is for difficult to diagnose patients suspected...