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. 2023;14(4):322-324.
doi: 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2023.063.

Legionella pneumonia complicated with rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury diagnosed by metagenomic next-generation sequencing: a case report

Bin Deng  1 , Junjie Hua  1 , Yufei Zhou  1 , Duoxian Zhan  1 , Lijuan Zhu  1 , Yixing Zhan  2 , Yumin Fang  1 , Yun Ji  3 , Libin Li  3
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Legionella pneumonia complicated with rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury diagnosed by metagenomic next-generation sequencing: a case report

Bin Deng et al. World J Emerg Med. 2023.
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Figure 1
The clinical course of the patient. WBC: white blood cell count; CRP: C-reactive protein; PCT: procalcitonin; CK: creatine kinase; SOFA: sequential organ failure assessment; IMV: invasive mechanical ventilation; RRT: renal replacement therapy; mNGS: metagenomic next-generation sequencing.
Figure 2
Figure 2
The mNGS result of Legionella pneumophila showed that 38.1% of bacterial reads corresponded to Legionella pneumophila with a coverage of 0.25%.
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