Evaluation of the PneumoGenius® PCR assay for the diagnosis of Pneumocystis pneumonia and the detection of Pneumocystis dihydropteroate synthase mutations in respiratory samples.

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Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) is the most frequent fungal opportunistic infection defining AIDS in HIV-infected patients, and is of growing importance in HIV-negative patients. In this latter category of patients, the diagnosis mainly relies on real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii (Pj) on respiratory samples. The PneumoGenius® kit (PathoNostics) allows the simultaneous...

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