Clinical Utility of Targeted Third-Generation Sequencing for Pathogen Detection in Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Real-World Comparative Study of China.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the diagnostic performance and clinical utility of targeted third-generation sequencing (tTGS) for pathogen detection in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), compared with targeted next-generation sequencing (tNGS) and conventional culture. METHODOLOGY We conducted a real-world, retrospective stu...