QUANTITATIVE COMPETITIVE PCR WITH BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID FOR DIAGNOSIS OF TOXOPLASMOSIS IN AIDS PATIENTS

Authors
BRETAGNE S COSTA JM FLEURYFEITH J PORON F DUBREUILLEMAIRE ML VIDAUD M
Citation
S. Bretagne et al., QUANTITATIVE COMPETITIVE PCR WITH BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID FOR DIAGNOSIS OF TOXOPLASMOSIS IN AIDS PATIENTS, Journal of clinical microbiology, 33(6), 1995, pp. 1662-1664
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
33
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1662 - 1664
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1995)33:6<1662:QCPWBL>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Of 121 AIDS patients, 12 (10%) had Toxoplasma gondii DNA detected by c ompetitive PCR in their bronchoalveolar lavage samples. Quantitation o f the PCR results showed a correlation between the parasite burden and the serum lactic dehydrogenase titer. Quantitative competitive PCR co uld be useful to assess the diagnosis and the severity of pulmonary to xoplasmosis.