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Immunosuppression increases the risk of infections, with Pneumocystis jirovecii and Nocardia brasiliensis being two opportunistic pathogens that can cause severe infections in patients with compromised immune function. This study presents a case of a\u00a0middle-aged male patient with NS concurrently infected with Pneumocystis jirovecii and Nocardia brasiliensis. It aims to synthesize the pertinent diagnostic approaches and treatment experiences. Notably, there have been no reported cases of NS occurring simultaneously with both Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia and Nocardia pneumonia.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A 58-year-old male farmer presented to the hospital with a one-week history of persistent fever, cough, and sputum production. His maximum body temperature was recorded at 39\u00a0\u00b0C, and he produced yellow viscous sputum. This patient had a one-year history of NS, managed with long-term oral corticosteroid and cyclophosphamide therapy. Admission chest computed tomography displayed interstitial changes in both lungs. After failing to detect any pathogens through routine etiological tests, we successfully identified Nocardia brasiliensis, Pneumocystis jirovecii, and Lodderomyces elongisporus using bronchoscopy-guided sputum samples through metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) technology. Subsequently, we initiated a combined treatment regimen for the patient using trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, meropenem, and moxifloxacin, which yielded remarkable therapeutic outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The adoption and promotion of mNGS technologies have significantly resolved the difficulty in early pathogen detection, guiding clinicians from empirical to genomic diagnosis, achieving prevention before treatment, and thereby enhancing patient survival rates.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12879-024-09987-6","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,30]],"date-time":"2024-09-30T09:01:58Z","timestamp":1727686918000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Pneumocystis jirovecii and Nocardia pneumonia in a middle-aged male with Nephrotic syndrome: a case report and literature review"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"24","author":[{"given":"Yaqing","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xiaojie","family":"He","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shuangyan","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xiaodong","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,30]]},"reference":[{"issue":"4","key":"9987_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"403","DOI":"10.1016\/j.mayocp.2011.11.016","volume":"87","author":"JW Wilson","year":"2012","unstructured":"Wilson JW. 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