Performance of a Real Time PCR for <i>Pneumocystis jirovecii</i> Identification in Induced Sputum of AIDS Patients: Differentiation between Pneumonia and Colonization

Performance of a Real Time PCR for <i>Pneumocystis jirovecii</i> Identification in Induced Sputum of AIDS Patients: Differentiation between Pneumonia and Colonization

<i>Pneumocystis jirovecii</i> pneumonia (PcP) remains an important cause of morbimortality worldwide and a diagnostic challenge. Conventional methods have low accuracy, hardly discriminating colonization from infection, while some new high-cost or broncho-alveolar lavage-based methods ha...

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Main Authors: Oscar José Chagas, Priscila Paiva Nagatomo, Vera Lucia Pereira-Chioccola, Ricardo Gava, Renata Buccheri, Gilda Maria Barbaro Del Negro, Gil Benard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-02-01
Series:Journal of Fungi
Subjects:
<i>Pneumocystis jirovecii</i>
HIV/AIDS
molecular diagnosis
real time PCR
1,3-β-D-glucan
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/8/3/222

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