Serum-based diagnosis of Pneumocystis pneumonia by detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii DNA and 1,3-β-D-glucan in HIV-infected patients: a retrospective case control study

BACKGROUND: Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) is one of the most common HIV-related opportunistic infections. The diagnosis of PCP is based on analyses from respiratory tract specimens which may require the invasive procedure of a diagnostic bronchoscopy. The objective of this study was to eval...

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Autores principales: Hammarström, Helena, Grankvist, Anna, Broman, Isabell, Kondori, Nahid, Wennerås, Christine, Gisslen, Magnus, Friman, Vanda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6651925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31337356
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4289-4

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