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Use of Oropharyngeal Washes to Diagnose and Genotype Pneumocystis jirovecii

Pneumocystis jirovecii is a symbiotic respiratory fungus that presents in 2 clinical forms: pneumonia in immunocompromised patients or colonization, defined by the presence of the organism without associated clinical symptoms. Currently, diagnosis requires invasive bronchoscopy, which may not be ava...

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Autores principales: Juliano, Jonathan J., Barnett, Eric, Parobek, Christian M., Taylor, Steve M., Meshnick, Steven R., Stone, Stephen, Chang, Emily, Fong, Serena, Huang, Laurence
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4498285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26180832
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofv080