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Noninfectious respiratory syndromes resembling LRTIs can complicate the diagnosis and may also make targeted therapy difficult because of the difficulty of identifying LRTI pathogens. In the present study, a highly sensitive metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) approach was used to characterize the microbiome of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) in children with severe lower pneumonia and identify pathogenic microorganisms that may cause severe pneumonia. The purpose of this study was to use mNGS to explore the potential microbiomes of children with severe pneumonia in a PICU.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We enrolled patients meeting diagnostic criteria for severe pneumonia admitted at PICU of the Children\u2019s Hospital of Fudan University, China, from February 2018 to February 2020. In total, 126 BALF samples were collected, and mNGS was performed at the DNA and\/or RNA level. The pathogenic microorganisms in BALF were identified and correlated with serological inflammatory indicators, lymphocyte subtypes, and clinical symptoms.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      mNGS of BALF identified potentially pathogenic bacteria in children with severe pneumonia in the PICU. An increased BALF bacterial diversity index was positively correlated with serum inflammatory indicators and lymphocyte subtypes. Children with severe pneumonia in the PICU had the potential for coinfection with viruses including Epstein\u2013Barr virus,\n                      <jats:italic>Cytomegalovirus<\/jats:italic>\n                      , and\n                      <jats:italic>Human betaherpesvirus 6B<\/jats:italic>\n                      , the abundance of which was positively correlated with immunodeficiency and pneumonia severity, suggesting that the virus may be reactivated in children in the PICU. There was also the potential for coinfection with fungal pathogens including\n                      <jats:italic>Pneumocystis jirovecii<\/jats:italic>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic>Aspergillus fumigatus<\/jats:italic>\n                      in children with severe pneumonia in the PICU, and an increase in potentially pathogenic eukaryotic diversity in BALF was positively associated with the occurrence of death and sepsis.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>mNGS can be used for clinical microbiological testing of BALF samples from children in the PICU. Bacterial combined with viral or fungal infections may be present in the BALF of patients with severe pneumonia in the PICU. 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