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Pulmonary colonisation with Pneumocystis carinii in an immunosuppressed HIV-negative patient: detection and typing of the fungus by PCR.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Feb 2001
Nevez Gilles, Guyot Karine, Totet Anne, Raccurt Christian, Dei-Cas Eduardo
Abstract excerpt
Mostly Pneumocystis carinii isolates from patients with acute pneumocystosis (PCP) have been typed until now. This report describes the typing of P. carinii organisms obtained from an HIV-negative patient without PCP. The patient underwent a broncho-alveolar lavage (BAL) to investigate an abnormal chest X-ray. He was diagnosed with sarcoidosis. However, a low level of P. carinii organisms undetectable by...
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