The use of oral washes to diagnose Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia: A blinded prospective study using a polymerase chain reaction-based detection system

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 184, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1485-1488

  Fischer, Steven ^a   Gill, Vee J ^a   Kovacs, Joseph ^a   Miele, Peter ^b   Keary, Jodie ^a   Silcott, Victoria ^a   Huang, Sheng ^a   Borio, Luciana ^a   Stock, Frida ^a   Fahle, Gary ^a   Brown, Dennis ^a   Hahn, Barbara ^a   Townley, Ellen ^b   Lucey, Daniel ^b   Masur, Henry ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; LANTHANIDE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MOUTH HYGIENE; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOUTH; MOUTHWASHES; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPUTUM;

EID: 0035577076     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/324520     Document Type: Article

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