Effect of oral washes on the diagnosis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia with a low parasite burden and on detection of organisms in subclinical infections

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 573-575

  Matos, O ^a   Costa, M ^a   Lundgren, B ^b   Caldeira, L ^c   Aguiar, P ^a   Antunes, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CARRIER; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH CAVITY; PARASITOSIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MOUTH; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0034806607     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960100563     Document Type: Article

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