Table 1. Clinical manifestations and characteristics of auxiliary examinations for 5 patients
Patient | Age (years)/Sex (M/F) | Contact rodents | Misdiagnosis duration (Days) | Clinical Manifestations | Time for fungal culture (Days) | Positive specimens for fungal culture | Time for mNGS (Days) | Positive Specimens for mNGS | Reads for mNGS | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P1 | 68/M | No | 245 | Fever, cough, lymphadenectasis | 7 | Blood | 6 | BALF | 6 | Dead |
P2 | 43/F | No | 170 | Fever, cough, lymphadenectasis | 9 | BALF, lymph node | 6 | BALF | 414 | Improved |
P3 | 49/M | No | 222 | Fever, thoracalgia, lymphadenectasis | 7 | Lymph node, purulent secretion | 4 | Lymph node | 23 | Improved |
P4 | 45/F | Yes | 160 | Cough, ostealgia | 7 | Sputum, BALF | 4 | BALF | 5 | Improved |
P5 | 54/M | Yes | 88 | Fever, erythraPathological fracture | 6 | BALF | 3 | Skin | 9 | Improved |