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. 2001 Jul;39(7):2717-8.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.39.7.2717-2718.2001.

Pneumocystis carinii carriage among cystic fibrosis patients, as detected by nested PCR

A Sing  1 , A M Geiger, M Hogardt, J Heesemann
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Pneumocystis carinii carriage among cystic fibrosis patients, as detected by nested PCR

A Sing et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2001 Jul.

Abstract

A total of 137 sputa from 95 consecutive cystic fibrosis (CF) patients undergoing routine bacteriological surveillance were analyzed for Pneumocystis carinii colonization using nested PCR. Seven of 95 patients (7.4%) were PCR positive, suggesting that P. carinii carriage may exist among CF patients due to their underlying pulmonary disease.

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