Fig. 4

Impact of Antibiotic exposure on pathogen detection. (A) The pathogen coverage of EAT. (B) The effect of antibiotic exposure on detection rate for putative pathogens. Abbreviations: EAT, empirical antibiotic therapy. mNGS, metagenomic next-generation sequencing. SI, simple interpretation. LI, laboratory interpretation. CI, clinical interpretation. No-Uncovered, no eat and uncovered