Usefulness of oropharyngeal washings for identifying Pneumocystis jirovecii carriers

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Respaldiza, Nieves ^a   Montes Cano, Marco A ^a   Friaza, Vicente ^a   Munoz Lobato F ^a   Medrano, Francisco J ^b   Varela, Jose M ^a   Calderon, Enrique ^b   Horra, Carmen De La ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

FUNGUS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAVAGE; LUNG LAVAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; OROPHARYNX; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CARRIER STATE; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; OROPHARYNX; PNEUMOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM;

PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII;

EID: 33751383819     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00188.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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