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Miliary tuberculosis is severe and rare, and delayed diagnosis may be the most important factor leading to death.
Does mNGS of pericardial and peritoneal effusions enable rapid diagnosis of disseminated tuberculosis?
Case Report (n=1)
Does mNGS of pericardial and peritoneal effusions enable rapid diagnosis of disseminated tuberculosis?
mNGS of pericardial and peritoneal effusions provides a new approach for the rapid diagnosis of disseminated tuberculosis.
May allow faster diagnosis of disseminated TB in effusions; hypothesis-generating and prospective trials needed before clinical adoption.
Miliary tuberculosis is a severe and rare form of tuberculosis. Delayed diagnosis may be the most important factor leading to death from miliary tuberculosis. We report a case where Mycobacterium tuberculosis was identified through mNGS of pericardial and peritoneal effusions, enabling rapid diagnosis of disseminated tuberculosis. This case provides a new approach for the rapid diagnosis of disseminated tuberculosis.
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Xie et al. (2026) conducted a case report in Miliary tuberculosis (n=1). Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) was evaluated on Rapid diagnosis of disseminated tuberculosis. Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) of pericardial and peritoneal effusions enabled the rapid diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a case of disseminated tuberculosis.
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