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Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) enhances pathogen detection, but data on its application in pediatric patients with HM and pulmonary infections are scarce.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We retrospectively reviewed 55 pediatric patients with HM and pulmonary infection who were performed mNGS on bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from January 2020 to October 2021. The performances of mNGS methods and conventional microbiological methods in pathogenic diagnosis and subsequently antibiotic adjustment were investigated.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A definite or probable microbial etiology of pulmonary infection was established for 50 of the 55 patients (90.9%) when mNGS was combined with conventional microbiological tests. The positive rate was 87.3% (48 of 55 patients) for mNGS versus 34.5% (19 of 55 patients) with conventional microbiological methods (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001). Bacteria, viruses and fungi were detected in 17\/55 (30.9%), 25\/55 (45.5%) and 19\/55 (34.5%) cases using mNGS, respectively. Furthermore, 17 patients (30.9%) were identified as pulmonary mixed infections. Among the 50 pathogen-positive cases, 38% (19\/50) were not completely pathogen-covered by empirical antibiotics and all of them were accordingly made an antibiotic adjustment. In the present study, the 30-day mortality rate was 7.3%.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>mNGS is a valuable diagnostic tool to determine the etiology and appropriate treatment in pediatric patients with HM and pulmonary infection. 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