Detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii by nested PCR in HIV-negative patients with pulmonary disease.
CONCLUSIONS: Nested PCR showed high sensitivity for detecting P. jirovecii, especially when compared with toluidine blue staining. Using this method, P. jirovecii infection was detected in HIV-negative patients with lung disease.
PMID: 28214275 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia - Category: Biology Authors: Santos CR, de Assis ÂM, Luz EA, Lyra L, Toro IF, Seabra JC, Daldin DH, Marcalto TU, Galasso MT, Macedo RF, Schreiber AZ, Aoki FH Tags: Rev Iberoam Micol Source Type: research
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