Pneumocystis jiroveci infection in immunocompetent patients with pulmonary disorders, in Portugal;Infecção por Pneumocystis jiroveci: Em imunocompetentes com patologia pulmonar, em Portugal

Acta Medica Portuguesa

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-126

  Matos, Olga ^a   Costa, Marina Célia ^a   Correia, Isabel ^a   Monteiro, Paula ^a   Roldão Vieira, Jorge ^a   Soares, Jorge ^a   Bonnet, Marina ^a   Esteves, Francisco ^a   Antunes, Francisco ^a  

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Author keywords

Colonization; Corticotherapy; Immunocompetents; Pneumocystos Jiroveci

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LUNG DISEASE; MYCOSIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 33750217846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16460758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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