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The sensitivity of mNGS compared to culture and specificity compared to clinical diagnosis
| Sensitivity compared to culture | Specificity compared to clinical diagnosis | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Without empirical treatment | With empirical treatment | ||
| mNGS | 90.00% (9/10) | 66.67% (6/9) | 98.59% (70/71) |
| Culture | – | – | 100.00% (71/71) |
| Conventional methods | – | – | 100.00% (71/71) |
