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. 1989 Jul;27(7):1661-3.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.27.7.1661-1663.1989.

Laboratory diagnosis of pulmonary toxoplasmosis in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

F Derouin  1 , C Sarfati, B Beauvais, M C Iliou, L Dehen, M Lariviere
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Laboratory diagnosis of pulmonary toxoplasmosis in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

F Derouin et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1989 Jul.

Abstract

In four cases of pulmonary toxoplasmosis occurring in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, Toxoplasma sp. was discovered in bronchoalveolar-lavage fluid (three cases) and in lung biopsy specimen (one case) by using the following methods: direct examination of smears stained with eosine-methylene blue fast stain, indirect immunofluorescence assay, and inoculation of MRC5 fibroblast cell line in tissue culture.

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