Ability of quantitative PCR to discriminate Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia from colonization

INTRODUCTION. Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) is a severe disease affecting immunocompromised patients. Diagnosis is difficult due to the low sensitivity of direct examination and inability to grow the pathogen in culture. Quantitative PCR in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) has high sensit...

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Autores principales: Perret, Thomas, Kritikos, Antonios, Hauser, Philippe M., Guiver, Malcolm, Coste, Alix T., Jaton, Katia, Lamoth, Frederic
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Microbiology Society 2020
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7451042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32369002
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.001190

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