Combined use of blood and oropharyngeal samples for noninvasive diagnosis of pneumocystis carinii pneumonia using the polymerase chain reaction

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 241-246

  Atzori, C ^a   Agostoni, F ^a   Angeli, E ^a   Mainini, A ^a   Orlando, G ^a   Cargnel, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL DNA; SPACER DNA;

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031850868     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01699980     Document Type: Article

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