Table 3.

PCR vs mNGS phenotypic grouping of upper respiratory tract microorganisms.

	Phenotypic Group 1
No.	PCR	mNGS
1		Haemophilus haemolyticus
2		Neisseria flavescens
3		Neisseria lactamica
4		Dolosigranulum pigrum
5		Alternaria alternata
6		Campylobacter concisus
7		Capnocytophaga leadbetteri
8		Gemella haemolysans
9		Veillonella parvula
10		Corynebacterium propinquum
11		Ochrobactrum anthropi
12		Prevotella melaninogenica
13		Rothia mucilaginosa
14		Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum
	Phenotypic Group 2
1	Moraxella catarrhalis	Moraxella catarrhalis
2	Haemophilus influenzae	Haemophilus influenzae
3	Streptococcus pneumoniae	Streptococcus pneumoniae
4		Achromobacter xylosoxidans
5		Actinomyces naeslundii
6		Fusobacterium necrophorum
7		Haemophilus parainfluenzae
8		Pseudomonas stutzeri
9		Streptococcus intermedius
10		Actinomyces graevenitzii
11		Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
12		Fusarium proliferatum
13		Streptococcus mitis
14		Pseudomonas aeruginosa
15		Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
	Phenotypic Group 3
1	Enterovirus	Enterovirus
2	Human parainfluenza virus 2	Human parainfluenza virus 2
3	Human parainfluenza virus 3	Human parainfluenza virus 3
4	Human parainfluenza virus 4	Human parainfluenza virus 4
5	Influenza A virus (H1N1) swl	Influenza A virus (H1N1) swl
6	Human parainfluenza virus 1	Human parainfluenza virus 1
7	Human coronavirus OC43	Human coronavirus OC43
8	Human metapneumovirus	Human metapneumovirus
9	Respiratory syncytial virus B	Respiratory syncytial virus B
10	Human rhinovirus A	Human rhinovirus A
11	Influenza A virus (H3N2)	Influenza A virus (H3N2)
12	Staphylococcus aureus	Staphylococcus aureus
13		Coxsackievirus A (CAV)
14		Human rhinovirus C
15		SARS-CoV-2 (2019-nCoV)