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. 2020 Nov 18;58(12):e01729-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01729-20

TABLE 2.

Shotgun metagenomic sequencing results for cerebrospinal fluid specimens

Result Total no. of subjects (%) No. of Mayo Clinic patients (%) No. of Mayo Clinic Laboratories subjects (%)
Positive 12 (15) 9 (17) 3 (11)
Potential pathogen 5 (6) 3 (6) 2 (7)
Likely contaminant 7 (9) 6 (11) 1 (4)
Negative 68 (85) 44 (83) 24 (89)