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Box plots showing the distribution of spontaneous colony numbers in the three patient cohorts including median values, minimum values, and maximum values, respectively. Cultures were plated in duplicates at 25–100 × 103 PBMNC/ml. Aggregates with more than 40 translucent, dispersed cells were counted as CFU‐GM. CFU‐GM data from patients are expressed as mean values from cultures
