Diagnosis of pulmonary infection with Toxoplasma gondii in immunocompromised HIV-positive patients by real-time PCR

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 401-404

  Petersen, E ^a,b   Edvinsson, B ^a   Lundgren, B ^c   Benfield, T ^c   Evengard B ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; MALOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; GENE; GENOTYPE; GRA6 GENE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 33745063689     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-006-0156-5     Document Type: Article

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