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Untimely diagnosis and delayed antifungal treatment threatens the life of such patients.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Case description<\/jats:title><jats:p>We report a case of a TM bloodstream infection, confirmed by the results of blood culture, of a child who was HIV negative and possessed a <jats:italic>CD40LG<\/jats:italic> gene mutation. A diagnosis of TM was established by blood metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) of the patient's blood, which was confirmed by microbiological culture of blood. On admission, this previously healthy male patient was 8-months of age, who presented with recurrent fever and a cough of 6-days in duration. His condition did not improve after antibacterial treatment for 5-days, with significant and recurrent fever and worsening spirit. He was referred to the Department of Pediatrics in our tertiary medical institution with a white blood cell count of 21.5<jats:sup>*<\/jats:sup>10\u22279\/L, C-reactive protein of 47.98 mg\/L, and procalcitonin of 0.28 ng\/mL. A bloodstream infection was not excluded and blood was collected for microbial culture. The patient received a 1-day treatment of cefoperazone sulbactam and 6-days of imipenem cilastatin. Symptoms did not improve and fever persisted. Blood was submitted for mNGS analysis and within 14-h, 14,352 TM reads were detected with a relative abundance of 98.09%. Antibiotic treatment was immediately changed to intravenous amphotericin B combined with oral itraconazole. The condition of the child gradually improved. Blood culture showed TM on the 7th day after hospitalization, confirming bloodstream infection. After the 13th day of hospital admission, the patient's body temperature dropped close to 38\u00b0C and was discharged on the 30th day of hospitalization. Oral itraconazole was prescribed with follow up at the outpatient clinic.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>HIV-negative patients with <jats:italic>CD40LG<\/jats:italic> mutations may be potential hosts for TM. 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