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The aim of this study was to evaluate the inter-laboratory agreement of three independently developed real-time PCR assays for the detection of\n                    <jats:italic>P. jiroveci<\/jats:italic>\n                    in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples. Therefore, 124 samples were collected in three tertiary care laboratories (Leiden University Medical Center, Maastricht Infection Center and Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre) and were tested by both microscopy and real-time PCR. Of 41 samples positive for\n                    <jats:italic>P. jiroveci<\/jats:italic>\n                    by microscopy, 40 were positive in all three PCR assays. The remaining sample was positive in a single assay only. Out of 83 microscopy-negative samples, 69 were negative in all three PCR assays. 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