From: Pneumocystis jirovecii colonization and its association with pulmonary diseases: a multicenter study based on a modified loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay
Patients with colonization
(n = 281)
Patients without colonization
(n = 122)
Total
(n = 403)
Positive rate (%)
P. jirovecii colonization in BALF
60
19
79
75.94*
P. jirovecii colonization in sputa
221
103
324
68.20