Real-time PCR is more specific than conventional PCR for induced sputum diagnosis of Pneumocystis pneumonia in immunocompromised patients without HIV infection

Respirology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-209

  Fujisawa, Tomoyuki ^a   Suda, Takafumi ^a   Matsuda, Hiroyuki ^a   Inui, Naoki ^a   Nakamura, Yutaro ^a   Sato, Jun ^a   Toyoshima, Mikio ^a   Nakano, Yutaka ^a   Yasuda, Kazumasa ^a   Gemma, Hitoshi ^a   Hayakawa, Hiroshi ^a   Chida, Kingo ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Immunocompromised patient; PCR; Pneumocystis pneumonia; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM;

EID: 61349118013     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2008.01457.x     Document Type: Article

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