Diagnosis and insight into the unique lung microbiota of pediatric pulmonary tuberculosis patients by bronchoalveolar lavage using metagenomic next-generation sequencing
mNGS is valuable in the etiological diagnosis of PTB, and can reveal pulmonary microecological characteristics. For pediatric PTB patients, the mNGS should be implemented early and complementary to CMTs.
Authors
- Haiyi Zhou
- Wenjie Nie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4414-1644)
- Jie Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6619-1936)
- Xiaoyan Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1732-5923)
- Han Xia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5179-0255)
- Yi Pei
- Qifang Xie
Institutions
- Changsha Central Hospital (CN)
- University of South China (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
- Published
- 2024-12-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2024.1492881
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Gut microbiota and health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.94