Colonization of Pneumocystis jirovecii in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients and the rate of Pneumocystis pneumonia in Iranian non-HIV(+) immunocompromised patients

Colonization of Pneumocystis jirovecii in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients and the rate of Pneumocystis pneumonia in Iranian non-HIV(+) immunocompromised patients

Background and Objectives: With increasing rate of immunodeficiency diseases in the world, opportunistic micro-organism such as Pneumocystis jirovecii (P. jirovecii) become more important. Little information is available on prevalence of this life- threatening microorganism in Iran. This study was...

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Main Authors: Maryam-Fatemeh Sheikholeslami, Javid Sadraei, Parissa Farnia, Mehdi Forozandeh, Hamid Emadi Kochak, Payam Tabarsi, Seyed Alireza Nadji, Majid Pirestani, Mohammad-Reza Masjedi, AliAkbar Velayati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2013-12-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Microbiology
Subjects:
COPD
Colonization
Non-HIV immunocompromised patients
P. jirovecii
Online Access:https://ijm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijm/article/view/486

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