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. 2021 Apr 19;15(7):815–825. doi: 10.1111/crj.13369

TABLE 6.

Concordance of pathogen results between conventional culture and mNGS

Culture
Blood BAL Sputum
Positive Negative Positive Negative Positive Negative
mNGS Blood Positive 2 2 a
Negative 5 4
BAL Positive 12 0
Negative 0 1
Sputum Positive 6 0
Negative 0 1
a

HSV‐1 was detected by mNGS with 54 and 68 reads in blood.