Diagnosis of pulmonary pneumocystosis by microscopy on wet mount preparations

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 279-282

  Bava, Amadeo Javier ^a,b   Cattáneo, Sylvia ^a   Bellegarde, Enrique ^a  

^a HOSPITAL F J MUÑIZ   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Diagnosis of PCP and wet mount microscopy; PCP; Pneumocystosis

Indexed keywords

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG LAVAGE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; SPUTUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; SPUTUM;

EID: 0042868834     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652002000500009     Document Type: Article

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