Table 2 Colonized pathogens in mNGS-positive and mNGS-negative groups.

From: Experience of implementing metagenomic next-generation sequencing in patients with suspected pulmonary infection in clinical practice

Colonized pathogens

Number of strains

mNGS positive group

mNGS negative group

Bacteria

Haemophilus influenzae

5

9

Klebsiella pneumoniae

5

1

Staphylococcus aureus

3

2

Moraxella catarrhalis

2

2

Enterobacter cloacae complex

3

0

Escherichia coli

3

0

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

2

1

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

1

2

Streptococcus pneumoniae

2

0

Acinetobacter baumannii

1

1

Acinetobacter pittii

1

0

Elizabethkingia anophelis

1

0

Enterococcus avium

1

0

Enterococcus faecium

1

0

Klebsiella aerogenes

1

0

Klebsiella quasipneumoniae

1

0

Ochrobactrum anthropi

1

0

Tropheryma whipplei

1

0

Legionella pneumophila

0

1

Mycobacteria

Mycobacteroides chelonae

1

2

Mycolicibacterium wolinskyi

1

0

Fungi

Aspergillus fumigatus

1

0

Aspergillus niger

1

0

Aspergillus flavus

0

1

Pneumocystis jirovecii

1

0

Trichosporon asahii

1

0

Fusarium fujikuroi species complex

0

1

Candida albicans

1

0