Identification of Pneumocystis carinii DNA in oropharyngeal mouth washes from AIDS children dying of respiratory illnesses

AIDS

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 932-934

  Lishimpi, Kennedy ^a   Kasolo, Francis ^a   Chintu, Chifumbe ^a   Mwaba, Peter ^a   Mudenda, Victor ^a   Maswahu, Daniel ^a   Terunuma, Hiroshi ^a   Fletcher, Helen ^a   Nunn, Andrew ^a   Lucas, Sebastian ^a   Zumla, Alimuddin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; DYING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LUNG DISEASE; MOUTHWASH; OROPHARYNX; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROAT CULTURE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MOUTH; PHARYNX; PNEUMOCYSTIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037066363     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200204120-00017     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Opportunistic infections and other clinical manifestations of HIV disease in children
2. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. An uncommon cause of death in African patients with AIDS
3. Pneumocystis carinii is not a major cause of pneumonia in HIV-infected patients in Lusaka, Zambia
4. Pulmonary manifestations in HIV seropositivity and malnutrition in Zimbabwe
5. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in Malawian children
6. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in South African children infected with human immunodeficiency virus
7. Oropharyngeal samples for detection of Pneumocystis carinii by DNA amplification
8. Combined use of blood and orophrayngeal samples for non-invasive diagnosis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia using polymerase chain reaction
9. Non-invasive diagnosis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia by PCR in oral washes
10. Diagnostic use of PCR for detection of Pneumocystis carinii in oral wash samples
11. DNA amplification on induced sputum samples for diagnosis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
12. Search for primary infection by Pneumocystis carinii in a cohort of normal healthy infants