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We present a clinical case that illustrates the added value that next-generation sequencing (NGS) may offer in the diagnosis of respiratory infections in immune-compromised patients.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> A 55 years-old man with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis underwent double lung transplantation. He received antibiotic prophylaxis with piperacillin-tazobactam and azythromycin. At day 4 post-transplantation (PTx), the patient presented an acute respiratory distress. A broncho-alveolar lavage (BAL) was performed. At day 5 PTx, the patient presented a status epilepticus due to diffuse cerebral oedema. Serum ammonia concentration was 661 \u03bcg\/dL. BAL bacterial culture was negative. Because of the clinical presentation, special cultures were performed and identified 100.000 CFU\/mL of <jats:italic>M. hominis<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Ureaplasma<\/jats:italic> spp. and specific PCRs were positive for <jats:italic>M. hominis<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Ureaplasma parvum<\/jats:italic>. Antibiotic therapy was shifted to therapeutic dose of azithromycin and doxycycline; within 48 h ammonia serum concentrations returned to normal but the coma persisted several weeks, followed by a persistent frontal lobe syndrome. A follow-up BAL was performed on day 11 Ptx. The <jats:italic>Mycoplasma\/Ureaplasma<\/jats:italic> culture was negative, yet the specific PCRs remained positive. Bacterial culture found 100 CFU\/mL of <jats:italic>Staphylococcus aureus<\/jats:italic> and viral culture was positive for Herpes Simplex Virus-1. These results were confirmed by metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS). In the bacterial fraction, the majority of reads belonged to <jats:italic>Corynebacterium propinquum<\/jats:italic> (34.7%), <jats:italic>S. aureus<\/jats:italic> (24.1%) and <jats:italic>Staphylococcus epidermidis<\/jats:italic> (17.1%). Reads assigned to <jats:italic>M. hominis, Ureaplasma urealyticum<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>parvum<\/jats:italic> represented 0.71, 0.13, and 0.04% of the bacterial fraction and corresponded to 6.9 \u00d7 10<jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>, 9.7 \u00d7 10<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>, and 3.7 \u00d7 10<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> genome equivalents per mL of BAL fluid, respectively. These results are in favor of a cure of the atypical infection.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusions:<\/jats:bold> mNGS offered added diagnostic and quantitative values compared to PCR tests, which can remain positive after resolved infections. 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