Evaluation of a panfungal PCR assay for the diagnosis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP);Evaluation eines universellen pilz-PCR-assays zur diagnostik der Pneumocystis carinii-pneumonie (PCP)

Mycoses, Supplement

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 37-40

  Rimek, D ^a   Kluge, I ^a   Kappe, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

18S rRNA gene; Fungal PCR; Pneumocystis carinii; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PENTAMIDINE; PROTOZOAL DNA; RNA 18S;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034455595     PISSN: 09437312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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