Detection of Pneumocystis carinii DNA in blood specimens from human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients by nested PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 127-131

  Rabodonirina, Meja ^a   Cotte, Laurent ^b   Boibieux, André ^c   Kaiser, Karine ^a   Mayençon, Martine ^a   Raffenot, Didier ^a   Trepo, Christian ^b   Peyramond, Dominique ^c   Picot, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^c CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; PHENOL; PROTEINASE K; PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHAGOCYTE; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032902643     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.1.127-131.1999     Document Type: Article

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