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A search for Pneumocystis carinii in post‐mortem lungs by DNA amplification
Author(s) -
Peters Sarah E.,
Wakefield Ann F.,
Sinclair Kathryn,
Millard Peter R.,
Hopkin Julian M.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
the journal of pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.964
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1096-9896
pISSN - 0022-3417
DOI - 10.1002/path.1711660217
Subject(s) - pneumocystis carinii , polymerase chain reaction , biology , dna , oligonucleotide , hybridization probe , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , gene , genetics , pneumocystis jirovecii
DNA amplification of specific sequences and subsequent oligonucleotide hybridization were used to search for Pneumocystis carinii in post‐mortem lung samplings from non‐immunosuppressed individuals ranging from 15 to 70 years of age. No P. carinii ‐specific DNA was detected in 45 DNA amplification reactions from 15 lungs.