Nanopore sequencing for smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis-a multicentre prospective study in China

• Main Authors: Xiaojing Yan (Author), Guoli Yang (Author), Yunfei Wang (Author), Yuqing Wang (Author), Jie Cheng (Author), Peisong Xu (Author), Xiaoli Qiu (Author), Lei Su (Author), Lina Liu (Author), Ruixue Geng (Author), Yingxia You (Author), Hui Liu (Author), Naihui Chu (Author), Li Ma (Author), Wenjuan Nie (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Purpose In this prospective study, the diagnosis accuracy of nanopore sequencing-based Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) detection was determined through examining bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) samples from pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) -suspected patients. Compared the diagnostic perfo...