Abstract
To understand the epidemiological significance of Pneumocystis detection in a lung tissue sample of non-immunosuppressed individuals, we examined sampling procedures, laboratory methodology, and patient characteristics of autopsy series reported in the literature. Number of tissue specimens, DNA-extraction procedures, age and underlying diagnosis highly influence yield and are critical to understand yield differences of Pneumocystis among reports of pulmonary colonization in immunocompetent individuals.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1711-1716 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases |
Volume | 36 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2017 |
Keywords
- INFANT-DEATH-SYNDROME
- F-SP HOMINIS
- GENERAL-POPULATION
- CARINII-PNEUMONIA
- JIROVECII DNA
- COLONIZATION
- INFECTION