Comparison of different microbiological procedures for the diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia on bronchoalveolar-lavage fluid

BACKGROUND: The current diagnostic gold standard for Pneumocystis jirovecii is represented by microscopic visualization of the fungus from clinical respiratory samples, as bronchoalveolar-lavage fluid, defining “proven” P. jirovecii pneumonia, whereas qPCR allows defining “probable” diagnosis, as it...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Franconi, Iacopo, Leonildi, Alessandro, Erra, Gianluca, Fais, Roberta, Falcone, Marco, Ghelardi, Emilia, Lupetti, Antonella
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9123786/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35597925
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-022-02559-1

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9123786/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35597925
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-022-02559-1

Ejemplares similares