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. 2025 Oct 8;29(1):425.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-025-05704-0.

Distinct pathogen spectrum in immunocompromised patients with severe pneumonia

Wenxiao Zhang  1 , Lingtong Huang  2 , Huanzhang Shao  3
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Distinct pathogen spectrum in immunocompromised patients with severe pneumonia

Wenxiao Zhang et al. Crit Care. .
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Declarations. Ethics approval and consent to participate: None. Consent for publication: All authors agreed to publication. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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Differences in pathogen isolation by clinical metagenomics between immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients. As this is an exploratory analysis, no multiple testing correction was applied. *, p < 0.05; **, p < 0.01; ***, p < 0.001
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