Table 2. The count of detectable pathogens by NGS and culture methods.

Pathogens	Compared methods
	NGS	Culture	Total
Bacteria (+)	79	9	88
Fungus (+)	4	8	12
Virus (+)	7	0	7
Mycoplasma (+)	1	0	1
Total	91	17	108

+, positive. NGS, next-generation sequencing.