Detection of Pneumocystis carinii DNA in blood by PCR is not of value for diagnosis of P. carinii pneumonia

Enrica Tamburrini; Paola Mencarini; Elena Visconti; Maria Zolfo; Andrea De Luca; Alessandra Siracusano; Elena Ortona; Ann E. Wakefield

Detection of Pneumocystis carinii DNA in blood by PCR is not of value for diagnosis of P. carinii pneumonia

Enrica Tamburrini, Paola Mencarini, Elena Visconti, Maria Zolfo, Andrea De Luca, Alessandra Siracusano, Elena Ortona, Ann E. Wakefield

Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani

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Abstract

A nested PCR which amplified a portion of the mitochondrial large-subunit rRNA gene of Pneumocystis carinii was used to detect P. carinii DNA in blood from patients with P. carinii pneumonia. P. carinii DNA was not detected in serum and was detected at low levels of blood cells.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1586-1588
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume	34
Issue number	6
Publication status	Published - Jun 1996

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Microbiology (medical)

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