Combined quantification of pulmonary pneumocystis jirovecii DNA and serum (1→3)-β-D-Glucan for differential diagnosis of pneumocystis pneumonia and pneumocystis colonization

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3380-3388

  Damiani, Céline ^a,b   Gal, Solène Le ^c,d   Costa, Cécilia Da ^a   Virmaux, Michèle ^c,d   Nevez, Gilles ^c,d   Totet, Anne ^a,b  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BREST   (France)

^d BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCANASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; GENE DOSAGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRION; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BETA-GLUCANS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884805159     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01554-13     Document Type: Article

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