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Eighteen individuals were diagnosed with PJP, and 54 patients without PJP were enrolled as the control group. All patients had undergone pulmonary CT scans, and blood and respiratory tract specimens had been subjected to metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) and conventional microbiological tests. The clinical and laboratory parameters were collected, and the efficacy of circulating microbial cfDNA of P. jirovecii was evaluated.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Of the 18 patients with PJP, the average age was 53.0 years, and the median time between RD diagnosis and PJP presentation was 126.0 days (interquartile range 84.0\u2013176.3 days). Low circulating CD4+ cell counts and a lack of PJP prophylaxis were observed in the patients. Metagenomic NGS of circulating microbial cfDNA was performed in 69 patients, including 15 cases with PJP and 54 controls. Twelve (80%) of 15 analysed blood samples contained P. jirovecii sequences in the PJP group, with P. jirovecii not detected among controls. There was a significant difference between PJP and non-PJP groups (P &amp;lt; 0.001), with a sensitivity of 83.3% and specificity of 100% when using plasma cfDNA sequencing. Higher \u03b2-D-glucan levels were found in patients with positive results for P. jirovecii in plasma cfDNA sequencing.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Metagenomic NGS of circulating microbial cfDNA is a potential tool for diagnosis of PJP in RD patients.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/rap\/rkab105","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,27]],"date-time":"2021-12-27T19:33:13Z","timestamp":1640633593000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["<i>Pneumocystis<\/i> pneumonia and rheumatic disease: diagnostic potential of circulating microbial cell-free DNA sequencing"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"6","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3606-3949","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jia","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of 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