A clinical comparative study of polymerase chain reaction assay for diagnosis of Pneumocystis pneumonia in non-AIDS patients

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 2683-2686

  Mu, Xiang Dong ^a   Wang, Guang Fa ^a   Su, Li ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Bronchioalveolar lavage fluid; Gomori methenamine silver stains; Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia; Polymerase chain reaction; Sputum

Indexed keywords

METHAMPHETAMINE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITOCHONDRION; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILVER STAINING; SPUTUM EXAMINATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM;

EID: 80052527999     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2011.17.021     Document Type: Article

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