Research Article: Clinical Evaluation of Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing and Identification of Risk Factors in Patients with Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Introduction:
Infection is one of the major causes of death in patients with acute and critical illnesses. Especially, lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) are the most common infectious diseases worldwide, with a high mortality rate. , As estimated, there are about million new cases of LRTIs in China each year. , Pneumonia, typically caused by LRTIs, is the leading cause of illness and death in adults, resulting in more than one million hospitalizations and a high intensive care unit (ICU) admission rate in the United…
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