TABLE 2.
Clinical information and BALF results of conventional culture and mNGS.
| No. | Gender/age | History of contact | CURB‐65 scores | Pathogenic IgM | Conventional culture (BALF) | mNGS results | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus (reads) | Species (reads) | |||||||
| P1 | M/67 | Birds | 5 | (−) | (−) | Chlamydia (54) | Chlamydia psittaci (38) | |
| P2 | M/57 | Bird droppings | 1 | (−) | (−) | Chlamydia (3961) | Chlamydia psittaci (2891) | |
| P3 | M/80 | No | 4 | (−) | (−) | Chlamydia (3920) | Chlamydia psittaci (2298) | |
| P4 | F/53 | Live poultry market | 1 | (−) | (−) | Chlamydia (867) | Chlamydia psittaci (538) | |
| P5 | F/40 | No | 1 | (−) | (−) | Chlamydia (6) | Chlamydia psittaci (6) | |
| P6 | M/73 | No | 3 | (−) | Aspergillus | Chlamydia (2151) | Chlamydia psittaci (1402) | |
| P7 | F/75 | Live poultry market | 1 | (−) | (−) | Chlamydia (1) | Chlamydia psittaci (1) | |
| P8 | M/75 | No | 1 | (−) | (−) | Chlamydia (9) | Chlamydia psittaci (5) | |
| P9 | M/80 | Bird droppings | 3 | (−) | Candida albicans | Chlamydia (176) | Chlamydia psittaci (114) | |
| P10 | M/33 | hotel | 4 | (−) | (−) | Legionella (2) | Legionella pneumophila (2) | |
| P11 | M/63 | No | 3 | (−) | (−) | Legionella (2246) | Legionella pneumophila (1,917) | |
| P12 | M/61 | No | 2 | (−) | Candida tropicalis | Legionella (117) | Legionella pneumophila (110) | |
| P13 | M/44 | No | 2 | (−) | (−) | Legionella (59) | Legionella pneumophila (55) | |
| P14 | M/14 | No | 0 | Mycoplasma (+weak) | Candida albicans | Mycoplasma (8746) | Mycoplasma poneumoniae (8704) | |
| P15 | M/19 | No | 0 | Mycoplasma (+) | (−) | Mycoplasma (26) | Mycoplasma poneumoniae (25) | |
| P16 | M/42 | No | 0 | Mycoplasma (+) | (−) | Mycoplasma (50) | Mycoplasma poneumoniae (50) | |
| P17 | F/48 | No | 2 | (−) | (−) | Mycoplasma (6) | Mycoplasma poneumoniae (6) | |
| P18 | F/81 | No | 2 | Mycoplasma (+) | (−) | Mycoplasma (5) | Mycoplasma poneumoniae (5) | |