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Sample flowchart. Skin and nasal biopsies were excluded as they are not normally sterile sources. Implants, screws, mesh, swabs, bone marrow, and samples of unknown source were excluded. Abbreviations: Ct, cycle threshold; NGS, next-generation sequencing.
