PrimaryPneumocystisInfection in Infants Hospitalized with Acute Respiratory Tract Infection
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Primary Pneumocystis Infection in Infants Hospitalized with Acute Respiratory Tract Infection
Acquisition of Pneumocystis jirovecii infection early in life has been confirmed by serologic studies. However, no evidence of clinical illness correlated with the primary infection has been found in immunocompetent children. We analyzed 458 nasopharyngeal aspirates from 422 patients hospitalized with 431 episodes of acute respiratory tract infection (RTI) by using a real-time PCR assay. In 68 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1080-6040,1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid1301.060315