A prospective, blinded study of quantitative touch-down polymerase chain reaction using oral-wash samples for diagnosis of Pneumocystis pneumonia in HIV-infected patients

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 189, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1679-1683

  Larsen, Hans Henrik ^a,d   Huang, Laurence ^b   Kovacs, Joseph A ^a   Crothers, Kristina ^b   Silcott, Victoria A ^a   Morris, Alison ^b   Turner, Joan R ^b   Beard, Charles B ^c   Masur, Henry ^a   Fischer, Steven H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE TOUCH DOWN POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; DNA, FUNGAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MOUTH; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 2442501218     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/383322     Document Type: Article

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