Figure 3.

mNGS results in 1^st arthrocentesis and 2^nd arthrocentesis. (A) In 1^st arthrocentesis, 63,169 of bacterial reads corresponded to L. micdadei, with a coverage of 76.05%. (B) In 2^nd arthrocentesis, 9,976 of bacterial reads corresponded to L. micdadei, with a coverage of 76.05%. (C) The most abundant four bacteria in the two arthrocentesis remained the same. The number of reads in 2^nd arthrocentesis decreased significantly, which was consistent with the alleviation of patients’ symptoms and improvement of laboratory test results. mNGS, metagenomics next-generation sequencing.