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Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) can be a valuable tool for identifying the microorganism. Our study aims to evaluate the performance of mNGS in BALF in suspected IPA patients and compare it with other detection tests, including serum\/BALF galactomannan antigen (GM) and traditional microbiological tests (BALF fungal culture and smear and lung biopsy histopathology). Ninety-four patients with suspicion of IPA were finally enrolled in our study. Thirty-nine patients were diagnosed with IPA, and 55 patients were non-IPA. There was significance between the IPA and non-IPA groups, such as BALF GM (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001), history of glucocorticoid use (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.004), and pulmonary comorbidities (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.002), as well as no significance of the other demographic data including age, sex, BMI, history of cigarette, blood GM assay, T-SPOT.TB, and NEUT#\/LYMPH#. The sensitivity of the BALF mNGS was 92.31%, which was higher than that of the traditional tests or the GM assays. The specificity of BALF mNGS was 92.73%, which was relatively similar to that of the traditional tests. The AUC of BALF mNGS was 0.925, which presented an excellent performance compared with other traditional tests or GM assays. 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