Pei-Bin Hou

Etiological and clinical characteristics of severe pediatric pneumonia: a large retrospective tNGS cohort study using bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in Shandong, China

Severe pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of death among children under five years of age. Targeted next-generation sequencing (tNGS), a rapid and cost-effective tool for comprehensive pathogen detection, is increasingly used in clinical settings. A retrospective study was conducted among children...