The diagnostic value of metagenomic next⁃generation sequencing in infectious diseases - Duan, Hongxia; Li, Xuan; Mei, Aihong; Li, Ping; Liu, Yang; Li, Xiaofeng; Li, Weiwei; Wang, Changhui; Xie, Shuanshuan (BMC infectious diseases, 2021)
Keywords: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alveoli; Antibiotics; Anticoagulants; Bacterial infections; Blood; Blood Culture - methods; Bone marrow; Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid - microbiology; Bronchus; C-reactive protein; Central nervous system; Cerebrospinal fluid; China; Communicable diseases; Communicable Diseases - diagnosis; Communicable Diseases - mortality; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Diagnosis; Diagnostic; Diagnostic systems; Diagnostic Tests, Routine - methods; DNA; DNA sequencing; Epidemics; Fatalities; Female; Genomes; Genomics; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing - methods; Hospitals; Humans; Infection; Infections; Infectious diseases; Interleukin 10; Interleukin 2; Interleukin 4; Interleukin 6; Laboratories; Lavage; Length of Stay; Leukocytes; Lymphocytes; Male; Metagenomics; Metagenomics - methods; Methods; Microorganisms; Middle Aged; Mortality; Neutrophils; Next-generation sequencing; Nucleic acids; Nucleotide sequencing; Pathogens; Patients; Peripheral blood; Pleural effusion; Procalcitonin; Prognosis; Respiratory system; Retrospective Studies; Risk analysis; Risk factors; Sensitivity; Sensitivity and Specificity; Severity of Illness Index; Software; Sputum; Sputum - microbiology; Statistical analysis; Statistical methods; Survival; Tumor necrosis factor-TNF; Tumor necrosis factor-α; China; Infection; Diagnostic; Sensitivity; Next-generation sequencing; Survival