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Its clinical manifestations are similar to those of many respiratory tract infections and lack specificity, leading to a high risk of missed diagnosis or misdiagnosis, which poses great challenges to clinical treatment. With the advancement of diagnostic techniques, timely detection using targeted next-generation sequencing (tNGS) can provide a reliable basis for the early clinical diagnosis of\n                    <jats:italic>Cps<\/jats:italic>\n                    infection and the formulation of individualized treatment regimens. This paper reports a severe case of\n                    <jats:italic>Cps<\/jats:italic>\n                    pneumonia complicated with multiple organ injuries including acute respiratory failure, rhabdomyolysis, and hepatorenal dysfunction. Clinical pharmacists were involved in treatment regimen optimization, medication monitoring, and patient education. 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