Clinical Value of Sampling Time of Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing in Patients with Severe Pneumonia.

Shixiao LiPeng ZhouLihong YangTianbin TangJiajia QinJiao QianShen BoSufei Yu

Published in: Infection and drug resistance (2023)

This study demonstrated that early sampling of mNGS could shorten the time of mechanical ventilation and hospitalization of patients with severe pneumonia. Patients with higher SOFA score on the day of sampling had a poorer prognosis. It emphasizes that early sampling of mNGS has a positive value.

Keyphrases

mechanical ventilation
respiratory failure
acute respiratory distress syndrome
intensive care unit
early onset
gene expression
drug induced
dna methylation
community acquired pneumonia
genome wide
anaerobic digestion