Fudong Xu, Qingfeng Wang, Nana Zhang, Xuya Xing, Zichen Liu, Kun Li, Yutong Ma, Qiuxiang Ou, Yaqiong Jia, Xuejing Chen, Chen Zhang, Junhua Pan, Nanying Che
BACKGROUND: Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) has become a powerful tool for pathogen detection, but the value of human sequencing reads generated from it is underestimated. METHODS: A total of 138 patients with pleural effusion (PE) were diagnosed with tuberculous pleurisy (TBP, N = 82), malignant pleural effusion (MPE, N = 35), or non-TB infection (N = 21), whose PE samples all underwent mNGS analysis. Clinical TB tests including culture, Acid-Fast Bacillus (AFB) test, Xpert, and T-SPOT, were performed...
September 30, 2023: Journal of Translational Medicine