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Information on age and sex was collected from the medical records. Pathogen detection was performed using standard detection methods and tNGS.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The positive coincidence rate of standard detection methods and tNGS were 61.95% (946\/1,527) and 97.05% (1,482\/1,527), respectively. Among the 1,482 children with CAP, the numbers of bacteria, virus, chlamydia, and mycoplasma infection were 1,188, 975, 321, and 1, respectively. Co-existing species showed high prevalence in CAP, and the prevalence of children infected with only one pathogen was 20.31%. The numbers of children infected with two and three pathogens were the highest, accounting for 29.22% and 25.17%, respectively. Among the 44 pathogens detected using tNGS, 17 species of bacteria, 25 species of viruses, one species of chlamydia, and one species of mycoplasma were documented. Among all infectious pathogens, the top five were\n                      <jats:italic>Haemophilus influenzae<\/jats:italic>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic>Acinetobacter baumannii, Streptococcus pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>\n                      , human herpes virus type 5 (HHV-5), and\n                      <jats:italic>Mycoplasma pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>\n                      . The results showed that pathogenic infections in children with CAP were related to age but not to gender.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The infection pathogens in children with CAP were complex and the incidence of co-existence was observed to be high. The pathogens involved in CAP were closely related to the age of the child. 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