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Applying these two values, 13\/17 PCP patients and 19\/29 colonized patients were correctly assigned to their patient groups. For the remaining 14 patients with\n            <jats:named-content content-type=\"genus-species\">P. jirovecii<\/jats:named-content>\n            DNA copy numbers between the cutoff values, PCP and colonization could not be distinguished on the basis of qPCR results. Four of these patients who were initially assigned to the PCP group presented BG levels of \u2265100 pg\/ml. The other 10 patients, who were initially assigned to the colonization group, presented BG levels of &lt;100 pg\/ml. 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