Use of real-time polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of Pneumocystis pneumonia in immunocompromised patients: A meta-analysis

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1965-1973

  Summah, Hanssa ^a   Zhu, Ying Gang ^a   Falagas, Matthew E ^b,c,d   Vouloumanou, Evridiki K ^b   Qu, Jie Ming ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^c HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hiv positive; Non hiv immunocompromised patients; Pneumocystis pneumonia; Real time polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LUNG LAVAGE; META ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84877846497     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20122506     Document Type: Article

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