Infrequent detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii by PCR in oral wash specimens from TB patients with or without HIV and healthy contacts in Tanzania

BACKGROUND: In tuberculosis (TB) endemic parts of the world, patients with pulmonary symptoms are managed as "smear-negative TB patients" if they do not improve on a two-week presumptive, broad-spectrum course of antibiotic treatment even if they are TB microscopy smear negative. These pat...

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Autores principales: Jensen, Lotte, Jensen, Andreas V, Praygod, George, Kidola, Jeremiah, Faurholt-Jepsen, Daniel, Changalucha, John, Range, Nyagosya, Friis, Henrik, Helweg-Larsen, Jannik, Jensen, Jorgen S, Andersen, Aase B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2886059/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20509902
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-140

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