The outbreak of COVID-19 has positively impacted the NGS market recently. Targeted
sequencing (TS) has become an important routine technique in both clinical and research …

Human infections with the protozoan Lophomonas have been increasingly reported in the
medical literature over the past three decades. Initial reports were based on microscopic …

Non-ventilated hospital-acquired pneumonia (NV-HAP) is associated with a significant
healthcare burden, arising from high incidence and associated morbidity and mortality …

OBJECTIVE: The absence of proper pathogen treatment in the early stages can result in
missing out on treatment chances or the overuse of antibiotics, both of which are the primary …

Background: Menstrual blood (MB) is a convenient specimen type that can be self-collected
easily and non-invasively by women. This study assessed the potential application of MB as …

Background Q fever, caused by the zoonotic pathogen Coxiella burnetii, exhibits a
worldwide prevalence. In China, Q fever is not recognized as a notifiable disease, and the …

Lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) is still a threat to human health. Metagenomics next-
generation sequencing (NGS) provides an efficient and unbiased way to identify LRTI …

Objective To report and analyze the clinical characteristics of 15 patients with Listeria
meningitis in adult. Methods We reviewed the medical records of 15 patients with Listeria …

患者, 男, 52 岁. 因“发热4 d, 后背部疼痛2 d” 于2022 年1 月9 日入联勤保障部队第九七〇医院.
患者于4 日前受凉感冒后出现畏寒, 发热, 自测体温最高38℃, 偶有咳嗽, 咳少量黄痰, 无寒战 …

Interventions: Following initial treatment with a wide range of antibiotics guided by blood and
sputum cultures, there was no improvement in the patient's health. Further examination of …