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Nature 441, 667-668 (8 June 2006) | doi:10.1038/441667b; Published online 7 June 2006

Brute force in the clinic

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Clinical microbiologists should catch up with their colleagues and use metagenomics.

You will not die alone, but with a trillion-strong audience of bacteria and other microscopic buddies. They are glued to our tongues, swarming in our intestines and hitching a ride in our noses.