Etiology of Severe Pneumonia in Children in Alveolar Lavage Fluid Using a High-Throughput Gene Targeted Amplicon Sequencing Assay

• Main Authors: Fei Li (Author), Yin Wang (Author), Yuhan Zhang (Author), Peng Shi (Author), Linfeng Cao (Author), LiYun Su (Author), Qiguo Zhu (Author), Libo Wang (Author), Roujian Lu (Author), Wenjie Tan (Author), Jun Shen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic value of a high-throughput gene targeted amplicon sequencing (TAS) assay for detecting pathogenic microorganisms in alveolar lavage fluid (ALF) from children with severe community-acquired pneumonia (SCAP).Methods: A retrospective study was performed on 48 froze...