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. 2015 Jun 20;19(4):376–383. doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2015.04.008

Table 3.

Nested PCR results obtained on human clinical samples from patients with paracoccidioidomycosis (A) or other respiratory diseases different from paracoccidioidomycosis as well as healthy individuals taken as controls (B).

Specimen type Proven disease Number of samples
Total Positive PCR
(A)
 Bronco alveolar lavage Paracoccidioidomycosis 2 2
 Sputum Paracoccidioidomycosis 8 8
 Biopsy Paracoccidioidomycosis 15 15



 Total 25 25



(B)
 Bronco alveolar lavage Cryptococcosis 10 0
Pneumocystis pneumonia 6 0
Histoplasmosis 5 0
Aspergillosis 6 0
Tuberculosis 4 0
No disease 25 0



 Bronchial lavage Cryptococcosis 6 0
Aspergillosis 3 0
Tuberculosis 7 0
No disease 4 0



 Sputum Aspergillosis 2 0
Tuberculosis 7 0
No disease 1 0



 Tracheal aspirate Aspergillosis 1 0
Candidiasis 7 0
Tuberculosis 1 0



 Biopsy Candidiasis 6 0
Aspergillosis 6 0
Cryptococcosis 4 0
Tuberculosis 1 0
Histoplasmosis 5 0



 Cerebrospinal fluid Cryptococcosis 24 0
 Pleural fluid Aspergillosis 1 0
 Peritoneal fluid Candidiasis 3 0
 Whole blood No disease 21 0



 Total 166 0