Role of PCR for diagnosing Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in HIV-infected individuals in a tertiary care hospital in India

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 326-329

  Chawla, Kiran ^a   Martena, Suganthi ^a   Gurung, Bimala ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Chiranjay ^a   Varghese, George K ^a   Bairy, Indira ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

HIV infected; polymerase chain reaction; Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia

Indexed keywords

LARGE SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INDIA; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPUTUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE;

ADULT; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; STAINING AND LABELING; TRACHEA;

EID: 79959216946     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: 09745130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.81624     Document Type: Article

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