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This study aimed to systematically analyze the epidemiological characteristics of patients with bacterial LRTIs in Jingzhou, Hubei Province, China.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n \n This study included 5,442 hospitalized patients diagnosed with LRTIs between January 2020 and December 2024. Detection of respiratory pathogens was performed both using a chip-based loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay and the standard culture method (SCM). The LAMP assay kit simultaneously detects ten predefined bacterial respiratory pathogens, including\n Streptococcus pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>\n (\n S. pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>\n ),\n Staphylococcus aureus<\/jats:italic>\n (\n S. aureus<\/jats:italic>\n ),\n Klebsiella pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>\n (\n K. pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>\n ),\n Pseudomonas aeruginosa<\/jats:italic>\n (\n P. aeruginosa<\/jats:italic>\n ),\n Acinetobacter baumannii<\/jats:italic>\n (\n A. baumannii<\/jats:italic>\n ),\n Stenotrophomonas maltophilia<\/jats:italic>\n (\n S. maltophilia<\/jats:italic>\n ),\n Haemophilus influenzae<\/jats:italic>\n (\n H. influenzae<\/jats:italic>\n ),\n Legionella pneumophila<\/jats:italic>\n (\n L. pneumophila<\/jats:italic>\n ),\n Mycoplasma pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>\n (\n M. pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>\n ), and\n Mycobacterium tuberculosis<\/jats:italic>\n (\n M. tuberculosis<\/jats:italic>\n ).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n Among 5,442 samples, the overall positive rate of LAMP was 31.86%, with single-pathogen infections accounting for 26.17%.\n H. influenzae<\/jats:italic>\n (8.18%) and\n S. pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>\n (7.75%) were the most commonly detected pathogens. Dual-pathogen co-infections predominated among polymicrobial infections, with\n S. pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>\n and\n H. influenzae<\/jats:italic>\n representing the most frequent pathogen combination. The LAMP assay demonstrated a higher overall positive rate than SCM, with moderate agreement observed between the two methods for most pathogens. The overall pathogen positive rate exhibited seasonal variation, peaking from April to June.\n S. pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>\n showed a bimodal distribution, with higher positive rate in May-June and November-December annually. During the COVID-19 pandemic era,\n S. pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>\n and\n H. influenzae<\/jats:italic>\n were predominant, while the positive rates of\n M. pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>\n and\n M. tuberculosis<\/jats:italic>\n notably increased in the post-pandemic era. School-aged children exhibited the highest positive rate, with\n M. pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>\n as the predominant pathogen. Pathogen composition was more diverse among adults and older adults.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n These findings demonstrate significant age-related and temporal variations in the pathogen spectrum of bacterial LRTIs and provide epidemiological evidence to support empirical antibacterial decision-making and population-targeted prevention strategies. 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