Development and evaluation of a quantitative, touch-down, real-time PCR assay for diagnosing Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 490-494

  Larsen, Hans Henrik ^a   Masur, Henry ^a   Kovacs, Joseph A ^a   Gill, Vee J ^a   Silcott, Victoria A ^a   Kogulan, Palaniandy ^a   Maenza, Janine ^a   Smith, Margo ^a   Lucey, Daniel R ^a   Fischer, Steven H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036165973     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.2.490-494.2002     Document Type: Article

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