A nationwide study of pathogens in hospitalized patients with lower respiratory tract infections by metagenomic next-generation sequencing

Tian Gong, Qiong Liu, Yiqi Wan, Xuan Zhang, Chao Liu, Xiaojia Wang, Ling Cao, Jing Li, Liang Zhang, Biaoxian Li, Chensong Sun, Yaping Guo, Shupeng Yin, Xiumei Xu, Hao Chen, Zhiting Xie, Manli Gong, Haiyan Lin, Xiao Lei, Ting Zeng, Xinyi Ren, Shaomin Zou, Sufeng Zhang, Qifei Peng, Aling Gao, Jun Wang, Chengsheng Zhang

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DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01746-26
Published: 2026-09-23
Container: Microbiology Spectrum
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
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@article{allodium:10.1128/spectrum.01746-26,
  title = {A nationwide study of pathogens in hospitalized patients with lower respiratory tract infections by metagenomic next-generation sequencing},
  author = {Tian Gong and Qiong Liu and Yiqi Wan and Xuan Zhang and Chao Liu and Xiaojia Wang and Ling Cao and Jing Li and Liang Zhang and Biaoxian Li and Chensong Sun and Yaping Guo and Shupeng Yin and Xiumei Xu and Hao Chen and Zhiting Xie and Manli Gong and Haiyan Lin and Xiao Lei and Ting Zeng and Xinyi Ren and Shaomin Zou and Sufeng Zhang and Qifei Peng and Aling Gao and Jun Wang and Chengsheng Zhang},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Microbiology Spectrum},
  doi = {10.1128/spectrum.01746-26},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01746-26}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - A nationwide study of pathogens in hospitalized patients with lower respiratory tract infections by metagenomic next-generation sequencing
AU  - Tian Gong
AU  - Qiong Liu
AU  - Yiqi Wan
AU  - Xuan Zhang
AU  - Chao Liu
AU  - Xiaojia Wang
AU  - Ling Cao
AU  - Jing Li
AU  - Liang Zhang
AU  - Biaoxian Li
AU  - Chensong Sun
AU  - Yaping Guo
AU  - Shupeng Yin
AU  - Xiumei Xu
AU  - Hao Chen
AU  - Zhiting Xie
AU  - Manli Gong
AU  - Haiyan Lin
AU  - Xiao Lei
AU  - Ting Zeng
AU  - Xinyi Ren
AU  - Shaomin Zou
AU  - Sufeng Zhang
AU  - Qifei Peng
AU  - Aling Gao
AU  - Jun Wang
AU  - Chengsheng Zhang
PY  - 2026
JO  - Microbiology Spectrum
DO  - 10.1128/spectrum.01746-26
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01746-26
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Gong, T., Liu, Q., Wan, Y., Zhang, X., Liu, C., Wang, X., Cao, L., Li, J., Zhang, L., Li, B., Sun, C., Guo, Y., Yin, S., Xu, X., Chen, H., Xie, Z., Gong, M., Lin, H., Lei, X., Zeng, T., Ren, X., Zou, S., Zhang, S., Peng, Q., Gao, A., Wang, J., & Zhang, C. (2026). A nationwide study of pathogens in hospitalized patients with lower respiratory tract infections by metagenomic next-generation sequencing. Microbiology Spectrum. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01746-26

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