Comparison of quantitative real-time PCR and direct immunofluorescence for the detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii

BACKGROUND: Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) is a serious risk for HIV-positive patients. Asymptomatic infection or colonisation with P. jirovecii has been shown to occur frequently. PCR assays frequently identify such cases, due to their high sensitivity. Quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) gene copy num...

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Autores principales: Moodley, Bhavani, Tempia, Stefano, Frean, John Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5500343/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28683092
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180589

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5500343/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28683092
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180589

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