Clinical Study of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Combined With High-throughput Sequencing Technology in the Precise Diagnosis of Immunosuppressive Host Pneumonia

Infection is the most common complication in immunosuppressed hosts, and lung infection is one of the leading causes of hospitalization and death in immunosuppressed hosts, and accurate pathogenetic diagnosis of pneumonia in immunosuppressed hosts remains challenging at present. Bronchoalveolar lavage is the standard method for sampling microorganisms in the lower respiratory tract, and with the progressive application of high-throughput sequencing (NGS) technology for pathogenetic testing and its success, we have clinically observed that bronchoalveolar lavage combined with NGS improves the rate of pathogenic diagnosis of pneumonia in the immunosuppressed host and benefits the patient. In this project, we plan to prospectively enroll patients with immunosuppressed host pneumonia and perform both bronchoalveolar lavage NGS and clinical conventional sputum culture, blood culture, TB-DNA test, fungal GM test, viral PCR test and other pathogenicity tests, and based on the above results, we will explore whether bronchoalveolar lavage in combination with NGS can increase the rate of pathogenic diagnosis of immunosuppressed host pneumonia and evaluate the effectiveness of the clinical value of NGS in serving as a tool for pneumonia detection and control and in optimizing antibiotic treatment strategies for pneumonia in immunosuppressed hosts.

This study compared the positive rate and accuracy rate of pathogen detection in immunosuppressive host pneumonia by mNGS and CMT, and explored the clinical value of bronchoalveolar lavage combined with high-throughput sequencing technology in the precise diagnosis of immunosuppressive host pneumonia. To increase the etiological diagnosis rate of pneumonia in immunosuppressed hosts, shorten the diagnosis time and improve its prognosis.