Evaluating the Efficacy of a Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Pneumocystis carinii Detection in Respiratory Samples

Introduction: Accurately identifying patients with pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) presents considerable challenges, primarily relying on clinical suspicion. The manifestations of PCP lack specificity, encompassing symptoms such as cough, dyspnoea, fever, hypoxaemia, malaise and weight loss. Therefore,...

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Published in:	Journal of Medical Evidence
Main Authors:	Sonu Kumari Agarwal, Harendra Kumar Thakur, Bansidhar Tarai
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2024-12-01
Subjects:	bronchoalveolar lavage pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia sputum
Online Access:	https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/JME.JME_185_23