DETECTION OF PNEUMOCYSTIS-CARINII DNA IN BLOOD BY PCR IS NOT OF VALUEFOR DIAGNOSIS OF PNEUMOCYSTIS-CARINII PNEUMONIA

Authors
TAMBURRINI E MENCARINI P VISCONTI E ZOLFO M DELUCA A SIRACUSANO A ORTONA E WAKEFIELD AE
Citation
E. Tamburrini et al., DETECTION OF PNEUMOCYSTIS-CARINII DNA IN BLOOD BY PCR IS NOT OF VALUEFOR DIAGNOSIS OF PNEUMOCYSTIS-CARINII PNEUMONIA, Journal of clinical microbiology, 34(6), 1996, pp. 1586-1588
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
34
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1586 - 1588
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1996)34:6<1586:DOPDIB>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
A nested PCR which amplified a portion of the mitochondrial large-subu nit rRNA gene of Pneumocystis carinii was used to detect P. carinii DN A in blood from patients with P. carinii pneumonia. P. carinii DNA was not detected in serum and was detected at low levels of blood cells.