PCR diagnosis of Pneumocystis pneumonia: A bivariate meta-analysis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4361-4363

  Lu, Yuan ^a   Ling, Guoya ^a   Qiang, Chenyi ^a   Ming, Qinshou ^a   Wu, Cong ^a   Wang, Ke ^a   Ying, Zouxiao ^a  

^a GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG LAVAGE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOLOGY; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 82455185105     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06066-11     Document Type: Article

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