TABLE 1.

Summary of metagenomic sequencing and qPCR results of patients.

Patient no./sex/age, year	Final diagnosis	Pathogens	Reads (no.)	Primer 1 (Ct)	Primer 2 (Ct)
Patient 1/Male/64	IPF; Type 2 diabetes	Tropheryma whipplei	1,385	33.26	36.29
Patient 2/Male/31	Dermatomyositis; ILD	Tropheryma whipplei	836	31.68	32.01
Patient 3/Male/59	ILD	Tropheryma whipplei	285	28.82	28.80

Ct, Cycle threshold; IPF, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; ILD, interstitial lung disease.