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Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to evaluate the performance of the logarithm of reads per kilobase per million mapped reads [lg(RPKM)], and read counts were used to predict true-positive pathogens.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Result<\/jats:title><jats:p>The majority of the selected patients (86.5%) were immunocompromised. Twenty species of fungi were detected by mNGS, which was more than was achieved with standard culture methods. Peripheral blood lymphocyte and monocyte counts, as well as serum albumin levels, were significantly negatively correlated with fungal infection. In contrast, C-reactive protein and procalcitonin levels showed a significant positive correlation with fungal infection. ROC curves showed that mNGS [and especially lg(RPKM)] was superior to CMTs in its diagnostic performance. 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