Laboratory-based surveillance of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in South Africa, 2006–2010i

Background: We aimed to establish the characteristics of patients with confirmed Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia recruited by passive, sentinel laboratory-based surveillance. Method: The study design was prospective, observational, cross-sectional, laboratory-based sentinel surveillance. Laborator...

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Main Authors: Desiree du Plessis, Bhavani Poonsamy, Veerle Msimang, Leigh Davidsson, Cheryl Cohen, Nelesh Govender, Halima Dawood, Alan Karstaedt, John Frean
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2016-03-01
Series:Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
pjp
Online Access:https://sajid.co.za/index.php/sajid/article/view/96