Improved detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii in upper and lower respiratory tract specimens from children with suspected pneumocystis pneumonia using real-time PCR: a prospective study

BACKGROUND: Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) is a major cause of hospitalization and mortality in HIV-infected African children. Microbiologic diagnosis relies predominantly on silver or immunofluorescent staining of a lower respiratory tract (LRT) specimens which are difficult to obtain in children. Di...

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Autores principales: Samuel, Catherine M, Whitelaw, Andrew, Corcoran, Craig, Morrow, Brenda, Hsiao, Nei-Yuan, Zampoli, Marco, Zar, Heather J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3254081/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22123076
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-329

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