Microbiological characterization of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia using quantitative PCR from nasopharyngeal specimens : a retrospective study in a Canadian province from 2019 to 2023

Bronchoalveolar lavage is usually employed for molecular diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii but requires a specialized procedure. By contrast, nasopharyngeal (NP) specimens are easily obtained. In this retrospective study of 35 patients with paired NP and bronchoscopy specimens, NP specimens had a 100% negative percent agreement (95% CI 80.5-100) but only 72.2% positive percent agreement (95% CI 46.5-90.3).

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:61

Enthalten in:

Journal of clinical microbiology - 61(2023), 11 vom: 21. Nov., Seite e0091323

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lieu, Anthony [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Todd C [VerfasserIn]
Lawandi, Alexander [VerfasserIn]
Tellier, Raymond [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Matthew P [VerfasserIn]
Dufresne, Philippe J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bronchoalveolar lavage specimens
Journal Article
Nasopharyngeal specimens
PCR
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia

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Date Completed 22.11.2023

Date Revised 02.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1128/jcm.00913-23

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363699171