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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |