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Clinical Trial
. 1995 Jun;33(6):1662-4.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.33.6.1662-1664.1995.

Quantitative competitive PCR with bronchoalveolar lavage fluid for diagnosis of toxoplasmosis in AIDS patients

S Bretagne  1 , J M Costa, J Fleury-Feith, F Poron, M L Dubreuil-Lemaire, M Vidaud
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Quantitative competitive PCR with bronchoalveolar lavage fluid for diagnosis of toxoplasmosis in AIDS patients

S Bretagne et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1995 Jun.

Abstract

Of 121 AIDS patients, 12 (10%) had Toxoplasma gondii DNA detected by competitive PCR in their bronchoalveolar lavage samples. Quantitation of the PCR results showed a correlation between the parasite burden and the serum lactic dehydrogenase titer. Quantitative competitive PCR could be useful to assess the diagnosis and the severity of pulmonary toxoplasmosis.

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