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Clinical significance of positive Pneumocystis jirovecii polymerase chain reaction in non-human immunodeficiency virus immunocompromised patients in a real practice

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Pneumocystis jirovecii polymerase chain reaction (PCR) can be helpful in diagnosing Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP); however it has limitations. We evaluated the prevalence of positive P. jirovecii PCR from non-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) immunocompromised patients and tried to...

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Autores principales: Lee, Hea Yon, Kang, Hye Seon, Lee, Hwa Young, Rhee, Chin Kook, Lee, Sook Young, Kim, Seok Chan, Kim, Seung Joon, Park, Yeon Joon, Kim, Young Kyoon, Kang, Ji Young
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5432796/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27951623
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2015.340