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Detection of P. carinii by TD-PCR in paired oral wash and BAL specimens obtained from HIV-infected patients
| Specimen source | No. of specimens (%)a
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCR+/PCP+ | PCR−/PCP− | PCR−/PCP+ | PCR+/PCP− | |
| Oral wash | 25 (89) | 31 (94) | 3 | 2 |
| BAL | 28 (100) | 30 (91) | 0 | 3 |
The total number of patients was 61, of whom 28 were diagnosed with PCP according to detection of P. carinii in BAL specimens by Giemsa and immunofluorescence staining.
