Use of nasopharyngeal aspirate for diagnosis of pneumocystis pneumonia

Kelvin K.W. To; Sally C.Y. Wong; Ting Xu; Rosana W.S. Poon; Ka Yi Mok; Jasper F.W. Chan; Vincent C.C. Cheng; Kwok Hung Chan; Ivan F.N. Hung; Kwok Yung Yuen

doi:10.1128/JCM.03264-12

Use of nasopharyngeal aspirate for diagnosis of pneumocystis pneumonia

Kelvin K.W. To, Sally C.Y. Wong, Ting Xu, Rosana W.S. Poon, Ka Yi Mok, Jasper F.W. Chan, Vincent C.C. Cheng, Kwok Hung Chan, Ivan F.N. Hung, Kwok Yung Yuen

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Abstract

Quantitative PCR on nasopharyngeal aspirate (NPA) can achieve high sensitivity and specificity in diagnosing Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) compared to microscopic examination of bronchoscopic specimens in a population with low HIV prevalence. Since NPA is a minimally invasive procedure, it is ideal as a screening test for PCP.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1570-1574
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume	51
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.03264-12
Publication status	Published - May 2013
Externally published	Yes

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Use of nasopharyngeal aspirate for diagnosis of pneumocystis pneumonia

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