Fig. 2

a Summary of pathogens detected by 3 methods in 63 patients. The abscissa represents the number of cases, the ordinate represents the type of pathogens detected, the red part indicates that the detection results are inconsistent with the clinical diagnosis (All four false-positive pathogens were detected by NGS), and the blue part indicates that the detection results are consistent with the clinical diagnosis. b Pie chart of pathogenic bacteria detected in 63 patients. Others include Staphylococcus aureus (2 cases), Streptococcus suis (2 cases), Nocardia brasiliensis (1 case), Candida glabrata (1 cases) and Corynebacterium striatum (1 case)