Diagnostic Value and Clinical Application of Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing for Infections in Critically Ill Patients

© 2023 He et al..

Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic value and clinical application of metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) for infections in critically ill patients.

Methods: Comparison of diagnostic performance of mNGS and conventional microbiological testing for pathogens was analyzed in 234 patients. The differences between immunocompetent and immunocompromised individuals in mNGS-guided anti-infective treatment adjustment were also analyzed.

Results: The sensitivity and specificity of mNGS for bacterial and fungal detection were 96.6% (95% confidence interval [CI], 93.5%-99.6%) and 83.1% (95% CI, 75.2%-91.1%), and 85.7% (95% CI, 71.9%-99.5%) and 93.2% (95% CI, 89.7%-96.7%), respectively. Overall, 152 viruses were detected by mNGS, but in which 28 viruses were considered causative agents. The proportion of mNGS-guided beneficial anti-infective therapy adjustments in the immunocompromised group was greater than in the immunocompetent group (48.5% vs 30.1%; P=0.008). In addition, mNGS-guided anti-infective regimens with peripheral blood and BALF specimens had the highest proportion (39.0%; 40.0%), but the proportion of patients not helpful due to peripheral blood mNGS was also as high as 22.0%.

Conclusion: mNGS might be a promising technology to provide precision medicine for critically ill patients with infection.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

Infection and drug resistance - 16(2023) vom: 19., Seite 6309-6322

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

He, Yuxi [VerfasserIn]
Geng, Shike [VerfasserIn]
Mei, Qing [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Tianjun [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Chunyan [VerfasserIn]
Fan, Xiaoqin [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yinzhong [VerfasserIn]
Tong, Fei [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Yu [VerfasserIn]
Fang, Xiaowei [VerfasserIn]
Bao, Renren [VerfasserIn]
Sheng, Ximei [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Aijun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Community-acquired infection
Critically ill patients
Hospital-acquired infection
Immunosuppression
Journal Article
Next-generation sequencing

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Date Revised 04.10.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.2147/IDR.S424802

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362763852