Histoplasma capsulatum and Pneumocystis jirovecii coinfection in hospitalized HIV and non-HIV patients from a tertiary care hospital in Mexico

Histoplasma capsulatum and Pneumocystis jirovecii coinfection in hospitalized HIV and non-HIV patients from a tertiary care hospital in Mexico

Background: Histoplasma capsulatum and Pneumocystis jirovecii are respiratory fungal pathogens that principally cause pulmonary disease. Coinfection with both pathogens is scarcely reported. This study detected this coinfection using specific molecular methods for each fungus in the bronchoalveolar...

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Main Authors: Laura E. Carreto-Binaghi, Fernando R. Morales-Villarreal, Guadalupe García-de la Torre, Tania Vite-Garín, Jose-Antonio Ramirez, El-Moukhtar Aliouat, Jose-Arturo Martínez-Orozco, Maria-Lucia Taylor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-09-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971219302553

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