Comparison of the FXG™: RESP (Asp+) real-time PCR assay with direct immunofluorescence and calcofluor white staining for the detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii in respiratory specimens

Medical Mycology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 324-327

  Seah, Christine ^a   Richardson, Susan E ^a,b,c   Tsui, George ^a   Yu, Billy ^a   Thornback, John ^d   McTaggart, Lisa ^a   Boggild, Andrea ^b   Wengenack, Nancy L ^e   Zhang, Sean X ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d Myconostica Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcofluor white; Detection; Immunofluorescence; PCR; Pneumocystis jirovecii

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL GENE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; TISSUE SECTION; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENZENESULFONATES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOLOGY; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; YOUNG ADULT;

PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII;

EID: 84863337706     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2011.598878     Document Type: Article

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