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The conventional diagnosis challenge: Real-time PCR and nested PCR correlation with the scoring system for individuals at high-risk of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia
INTRODUCTION. Pneumocystis jirovecii is an opportunistic fungus that affects mainly people living with HIV (CD4 cell count lower than 200 cells/ml) and other immunosuppressed patients. Since P. jirovecii does not grow on routine mycological media, diagnosis of P. jirovecii pneumonia relies on indire...
Autores principales: | Almeida-Silva, Fernando, Almeida-Paes, Rodrigo, Serra-Damasceno, Lisandra, Motta-Santos, Edwiges, Ferreira, Luiz Claudio, Pereira-Quintella, Leonardo, Ferreira, Marcela de Faria, de Medeiros-Muniz, Mauro, Zancopé-Oliveira, Rosely M. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Instituto Nacional de Salud
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10599712/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37721900 http://dx.doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.7020 |
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