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Investigation of Pneumocystis jirovecii Colonization in Patients with Pulmonary Diseases
Author(s) -
Soykan Özkoç,
Songül Bayram Delıbaş,
Ahmet Emin Erbaycu,
Ceren Ergüden,
Çiler Akısü
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
turkish journal of parasitology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.207
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2146-3077
pISSN - 1300-6320
DOI - 10.5152/tpd.2014.3611
Subject(s) - pneumocystis jirovecii , giemsa stain , bronchoalveolar lavage , nested polymerase chain reaction , grocott's methenamine silver stain , colonization , pneumonia , medicine , pneumocystis pneumonia , pathology , immunology , biology , staining , polymerase chain reaction , lung , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , biochemistry
The detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii or its DNA in respiratory samples from individuals who do not have signs or symptoms of pneumonia has been defined as colonization. In this study, we aimed to investigate the prevalence of P. jirovecii colonization in patients with various lung diseases.

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