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TABLE 3.

TD-PCR-positive specimens without microscopically verified P. carinii in BAL

Patient no.	PCR result (BAL/oral wash)	CD4 cell count/μl	Lung diagnosis	Prophylaxis against PCP		Development of PCP (time of follow-up)
Patient no.	PCR result (BAL/oral wash)	CD4 cell count/μl	Lung diagnosis	Prior to BAL	After BAL	Development of PCP (time of follow-up)
1	+/−	5	PCP^a	Yes	No	Dead (day 10 after BAL)
2	+/+	39	Tuberculosis	No	Yes	Dead (day 40 after BAL, no PCP)
3	+/+	182	?^b	Yes (4 days)	Yes	No PCP (after 6 mo)

Received pentamidine intravenously because of suspicion of PCP; no P. carinii organisms detected in BAL specimens.

?, no specific pathogen was identified.