Clinical Evaluation of Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing for the detection of pathogens in BALF in severe community acquired pneumonia

Abstract Background Rapid and accurate identification of pathogens is very important for the treatment of Severe community-acquired pneumonia (SCAP) in children. Metagenomic Next-generation sequencing (mNGS) has been applied in the detection of pathogenic bacteria in recent years, while the overall...

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Main Authors: Yupeng Wei, Tongqiang Zhang, Yuting Ma, Jisi Yan, Jianghua Zhan, Jun Zheng, Yongsheng Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-02-01
Series:Italian Journal of Pediatrics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13052-023-01431-w