Real-time PCR assay-based strategy for differentiation between active Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia and colonization in immunocompromised patients

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1531-1537

  Alanio, A ^a   Desoubeaux, G ^a   Sarfati, C ^a   Hamane, S ^a   Bergeron, A ^a   Azoulay, E ^a   Molina, J M ^a   Derouin, F ^a   Menotti, J ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Colonization; Immunocompromised host; Pneumocystis jirovecii; Pneumonia; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII;

EID: 80053052349     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03400.x     Document Type: Article

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