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In the present work, we retrospectively tested an in-house real-time polymerase chain reaction for <jats:italic>Schistosoma<\/jats:italic> (currently validated for diagnosis on stool and on urine) in the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) of a couple of those patients, and both resulted positive. The possibility of testing BAL with molecular methods targeting a wide spectrum of pathogens, including parasites, is appealing. 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