Role of Pneumocystis carinii DNA amplification by PCR on the diagnosis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in patients with haematologic malignant diseases: report of four cases

Acta Haematol. 1995;94(3):163-6. doi: 10.1159/000204002.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
  • DNA, Fungal / genetics
  • DNA, Fungal / isolation & purification
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Prolymphocytic / drug therapy
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / drug therapy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumocystis / genetics
  • Pneumocystis / isolation & purification*
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / complications
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / diagnosis*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / drug therapy

Substances

  • DNA, Fungal