Evaluation of diagnostic value and epidemiological implications of PCR for Pneumocystis carinii in different immunosuppressed and immunocompetent patient groups

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1461-1467

  Sing, Andreas ^a   Trebesius, Karlheinz ^a   Roggenkamp, Andreas ^a   Rüssmann, Holger ^a   Tybus, Karin ^a   Pfaff, Friederike ^a   Bogner, Johannes R ^a   Emminger, Christoph ^b   Heesemann, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Schwabing   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034003738     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.4.1461-1467.2000     Document Type: Article

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