Blood and Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing in Pneumonia.
Xu ChenShuizi DingCheng LeiJieli QinTing GuoDanhui YangMin YangJie QingWenlong HeMin SongYan ZhangHuihui ZengQingwu QinLizhen YangYingjiao LongYan ChenBingyin MaRuoyun OuyangPing ChenHong LuoPublished in: The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale (2020)
Our study suggests that BALF mNGS is more sensitive than blood mNGS in detecting bacteria and fungi, but blood also has advantages to identify the pathogens of pneumonia, especially for some viruses.