Comparison of Gomori’s Methenamine Silver Method with PCR Technique on Oral Swab, Bronchoalveolar Lavage and lung Ho-mogenate Specimens in Detection of Pneumocystis

Background: Pneumocystis carinii is one of opportunistic organisms especially in immuno-compromised patients. For years, diagnosis of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) has relied on microscopic visualization of organism in specimens obtained from the lung either by bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) or by ind...

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Main Authors: A Mahmoodzadeh, M Hajia, MR Rezaiemanesh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2008-06-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Parasitology
Subjects:
PCR
GMS
Online Access:https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/57