Pneumocystis jirovecii in pleural infection: A nucleic acid amplification study

Thorax

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 450-451

  Wrightson, John M ^a   Rahman, Najib M ^a   Novak, Tanya ^b   Huggett, Jim F ^b   Maskell, Nicholas A ^c   Zumla, Alimuddin ^b   Miller, Robert F ^b   Davies, Robert J O ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE; GENE TARGETING; HSP70 GENE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 79955003342     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2009.129940     Document Type: Letter

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