Detection of Pneumocystis DNA in samples from patients suspected of bacterial pneumonia - A case-control study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Helweg Larsen, Jannik ^a   Jensen, Jørgen Skov ^b   Dohn, Birthe ^b   Benfield, Thomas L ^a   Lundgren, Bettina ^c  

^a Department of Infectious Diseases ^*  (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BACTERIAL DNA; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE; FUNGAL DNA; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; AGE; ASCOMYCETES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASCOMYCOTA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; STEROIDS;

EID: 2942528911     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-2-28     Document Type: Article

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