Quantification and spread of Pneumocystis jirovecii in the surrounding air of patients with Pneumocystis pneumonia

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 259-265

  Choukri, Firas ^a   Menotti, Jean ^a   Sarfati, Claudine ^a   Lucet, Jean Christophe ^b   Nevez, Gilles ^c   Garin, Yves J F ^a   Derouin, Francis ^a   Totet, Anne ^d  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; FUNGAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 28S;

ADULT; AGED; AIR; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DNA EXTRACTION; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUID CULTURE; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; SAMPLER; WARD; BACTERIAL COUNT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S;

EID: 77954716649     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/653933     Document Type: Article

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