Pneumocystis carinii carriage in immunocompetent patients with primary pulmonary disorders as detected by single or nested PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3409-3410

  Sing, Andreas ^a   Roggenkamp, Andreas ^a   Autenrieth, Ingo B ^a   Heesemann, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032848652     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.10.3409-3410.1999     Document Type: Article

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