Quick versus Quantitative: Evaluation of Two Commercial Real-Time PCR Assays for the Detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii from Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluids

Quick versus Quantitative: Evaluation of Two Commercial Real-Time PCR Assays for the Detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii from Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluids

ABSTRACT Two commercial real-time PCR assays for the detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii were compared, the quantitative RealStar P. jirovecii assay and the qualitative DiaSorin P. jirovecii assay, the latter of which can be used without nucleic acid extraction. Archived bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL)...

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Main Authors: Corrie R. Belanger, Kerstin Locher, Billie Velapatino, Philippe J. Dufresne, Eric Eckbo, Marthe Charles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-08-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
Pneumocystis pneumonia
fungal infection
real-time PCR
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.01021-23

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