Research Article

The Application of Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing in Detection of Pathogen in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid and Sputum Samples of Patients with Pulmonary Infection

Table 3

Comparison of mNGS detection in pulmonary infection patient’s BALF and sputum samples.

BacteriaSputum mNGS+Sputum mNGS-FungusSputum mNGS+Sputum mNGS-VirusSputum mNGS+Sputum mNGS-

BALF mNGS+152BALF mNGS+24BALF mNGS+107
BALF mNGS-114BALF mNGS-125BALF mNGS-213
Consensus analysis value<0.001Consensus analysis value0.026Consensus analysis value0.008
Kappa0.813Kappa0.365Kappa0.446