Distribution of Pneumocystis jirovecii in lungs from colonized COPD patients

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-28

  Sivam, Sheila ^a   Sciurba, Frank C ^a   Lucht, Lorrie A ^a   Zhang, Yingze ^a   Duncan, Steven R ^a   Norris, Karen A ^a   Morris, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Lung; Pneumocystis jirovecii

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 80051621108     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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