Analysis of Clinical and Imaging Features and Prognosis of Patients Positive for Tropheryma whipplei Detected by Nanopore Sequencing of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid

Methods: This study retrospectively analyzed 2,137 samples subjected to nanopore sequencing at the Fourth Peoples Hospital of Nanning. Among them, 14 bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) samples were positive for TW. Patients were divided into a high-sequence group (100) and a low-sequence group in accordance with the TW sequence counts. The clinical features, laboratory indicators, imaging manifestations, and treatment prognosis of these two groups were compared and analyzed in an all-round manner.