Evaluation of Three Different Laboratory Methods for Identification of Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia (PCP) among HIV Positive Asymptomatic Prisoners.

Conclusion: There was no strong evidence for PCP infection/disease among symptomless, HIV positive patients. According to their mean CD4 counts, the hypothesis for being negative in a majority of applied tests would be the absence of severe immunosuppression in the patients. PMID: 31543916 [PubMed]
Source: Iranian Journal of Parasitology - Category: Parasitology Tags: Iran J Parasitol Source Type: research