Metagenomic Next Generation Sequencing and Cardiovascular Infections: Promise and Pitfalls of Polymicrobial Detection

Journal Article Accepted manuscript Metagenomic Next Generation Sequencing and Cardiovascular Infections: Promise and Pitfalls of Polymicrobial Detection Get access Sarwat Khalil, MD, Sarwat Khalil, MD Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX, USABaylor St Luke's Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX, USA Corresponding author: Sarwat Khalil MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Associate Program Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine, 7200 Cambridge Street, Houston TX 77030 USA, Email: [email protected] https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5960-7187 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar M Rizwan Sohail, MD M Rizwan Sohail, MD Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX, USABaylor St Luke's Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX, USA Alternative corresponding author: M. Rizwan Sohail MD, Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX, 77030 USA, Email: [email protected], Tel: 713-798-2900, Fax: 713-798-0171 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6355-0526 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Clinical Infectious Diseases, ciaf519, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaf519 Published: 19 September 2025 Article history Received: 28 August 2025 Accepted: 03 September 2025 Published: 19 September 2025