From April 2020 to October 2021, 275 BALF specimens were collected from patients suspected of pulmonary infection and were subjected to mNGS and culture simultaneously.
We used mNGS to detect pathogens in matched transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB), bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), and bronchial needle brushing (BB) specimens from 39 patients suspected of having in