Fig. 1
From: Clinical metagenomics assessments improve diagnosis and outcomes in community-acquired pneumonia
Key characteristics of patients and specimens. a Enrollment criteria and study design; (b) Comparison of APACHE II scores between the control and mNGS groups (mean of 12.6 vs 11.1, error bars represented standard deviations); (c) Specimens collected from the control (n = 109) and mNGS (n = 104) groups. Abbreviations: BALF, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid. n.s., not significant, * indicates P < 0.05, ** indicates P < 0.01, *** indicates P < 0.001 by student’s t-test