Diagnosis of pleural empyema/parapneumonic effusion by next-generation sequencing.
Yoshiki ShiraishiKirill A KryukovKatsuyoshi TomomatsuFumio SakamakiShigeaki InoueSo NakagawaTadashi ImanishiKoichiro AsanoPublished in: Infectious diseases (London, England) (2021)
Combining NGS with semi-quantitative PCR can facilitate the diagnosis of pleural empyema/parapneumonic effusion and its causal bacteria.