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Induced sputum was diagnostic of PCP in 2 patients whose BAL results were negative.
Sputum was the most frequent specimen followed by urine and blood.
The isolation of MAC in BAL or sputum does not distinguish between disease and colonization.
The methods used to diagnose PCP are listed in Table 3. Seventy-seven of the 85 hospital admissions with PCP had induced sputum examined for P carinii; 62 (81%) were positive.
It can thus be concluded that cytological examination of sputum specimens is able to detect adenocarcinomas at an early stage albeit with low sensitivity (15%).