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Diagnostic effectiveness and consistency in detecting microorganisms were compared.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Both mNGS and tNGS showed high sensitivity rates of 95.08% each, with specificity of 90.74% and 85.19%, respectively. They also demonstrated positive predictive values (PPVs) of 92.1% and 87.9% and negative predictive values (NPVs) of 94.2% and 93.9%, respectively, in diagnosing IPFI. The sensitivity and NPV of mNGS and tNGS were superior to that of any individual or combined conventional microbiological tests (CMTs) (P &amp;lt; 0.05). The consistency of culture with mNGS and tNGS was 48.70% and 50.43%, respectively. For fungal detection, <jats:italic>Pneumocystis jirovecii<\/jats:italic> (26\/61, 42.6%; and 28\/61, 45.9%), <jats:italic>Candida albicans<\/jats:italic> (19\/61, 31.1%; and 21\/61, 34.4%), and <jats:italic>Aspergillus fumigatus<\/jats:italic> (16\/61, 26.2%; and 15\/61, 24.6%) are most prevalent for mNGS and tNGS in enrolled cases, and the detection rate was greatly higher than that of culture. Furthermore, mNGS and tNGS were capable of diagnosing mixed infections in 65 and 55 out of the 115 cases, whereas only nine cases of bacterial-fungal infection were detected by culture.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The diagnostic efficacy of mNGS and tNGS was comparable to that of identified IPFI. 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