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To the Editor: I congratulate Dr. Weinberger (May 13 and May 20 issues)¹ for admirably performing a seemingly impossible task: summarizing recent advances in pulmonary medicine. I disagree, however, with his statement that in patients receiving aerosolized pentamidine the diagnostic yield of induced sputum for Pneumocystis carinii is diminished. Although Levine et al.² reported a diminished yield with induced sputum in patients who had received prophylaxis with aerosolized pentamidine, when the data were analyzed on an intention-to-treat basis, there was no significant difference in yield. Three other studies address this question^3,4,5. None reported a significant decrement in the diagnostic . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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