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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Publicat a:J Med Microbiol
Autors principals: Perret, Thomas, Kritikos, Antonios, Hauser, Philippe M., Guiver, Malcolm, Coste, Alix T., Jaton, Katia, Lamoth, Frederic
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: Microbiology Society 2020
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Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7451042/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32369002
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.001190
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