Diagnostic value of metagenomic next-generation sequencing of lower respiratory tract specimen for the diagnosis of suspected Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia.

Yang LiuXiaoning WangJun XuQiwen YangHuadong ZhuJing Yang

Published in: Annals of medicine (2023)

mNGS shows superiority over several common clinical methods in the diagnosis of suspected PCP. Serum BG in conjunction with mNGS further improved the diagnostic efficacy of mNGS.

Keyphrases

respiratory tract
pulmonary embolism
copy number
gene expression
antibiotic resistance genes
intensive care unit
dna methylation
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation