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Table 3 Methods Used to Diagnose Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia in 85 Hospital Admissions.

From: Mycobacterial and nonbacterial pulmonary complications in hospitalized patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection: A prospective, cohort study

Diagnostic method

Admissions (no.)

Induced sputum

61

Bronchoalveolar lavage

21

Open lung biopsy

2

Bronchoalveolar lavage and induced sputum

1