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Patients were classified into high-suspicion infectious fever (HSIF) or high-suspicion tumor fever (HSTF) groups based on mNGS results, and clinical management was adjusted accordingly.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      mNGS identified pathogens in 69.8% (37\/53) of patients, commonly including\n                      <jats:italic>Epstein\u2013Barr virus<\/jats:italic>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic>Mycobacterium tuberculosis<\/jats:italic>\n                      , and\n                      <jats:italic>Candida albicans<\/jats:italic>\n                      . Patients in the HSIF group showed significantly higher baseline inflammatory markers than those in the HSTF group. Importantly, following mNGS-guided antimicrobial therapy, the HSIF group achieved significantly higher defervescence rates at 48\u00a0h (73.0%\n                      <jats:italic>vs<\/jats:italic>\n                      . 37.5%;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.029) and 96\u00a0h (89.2%\n                      <jats:italic>vs<\/jats:italic>\n                      . 68.8%;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.027) compared to the HSTF group.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In conclusion, in CMT-negative, nonneutropenic febrile lung cancer, plasma mNGS significantly increases pathogen detection and informs antimicrobial decisions associated with earlier defervescence, although interpretation is limited by the retrospective design 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