Detection of Pneumocystis carinii DNA in the air filter of a ventilated patient with AIDS

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 952-953

  Sing, Andreas ^a   Wonhas, Christoph ^a   Bader, Lutz ^a   Luther, Martin ^a   Heesemann, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTISONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTUBATION; MALE; MEMBRANE FILTER; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033495886     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520478     Document Type: Article

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