Improved detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii in upper and lower respiratory tract specimens from children with suspected pneumocystis pneumonia using real-time PCR: a prospective study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Samuel, Catherine M ^a   Whitelaw, Andrew ^a   Corcoran, Craig ^a   Morrow, Brenda ^b   Hsiao, Nei Yuan ^a   Zampoli, Marco ^b   Zar, Heather J ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MYCOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOLOGY; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 82155168574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-329     Document Type: Article

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