Pneumocystis jirovecii testing by real-time polymerase chain reaction and direct examination among immunocompetent and immunosuppressed patient groups and correlation to disease specificity

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-152

  Wilson, John W ^a   Limper, Andew H ^a   Grys, Thomas E ^b   Karre, Theresa ^c   Wengenack, Nancy L ^a   Binnicker, Matthew J ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b Mayo Medical Laboratories   (United States)

^c DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

P. jirovecii; Pneumocystis pneumonia; Real time PCR, Direct examination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CDC2 GENE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT FLUORESCENT MICROSCOPY EXAMINATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGAL DETECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78651450038     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.10.021     Document Type: Article

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