Background and Purpose: Pneumocystis jirovecii colonization plays a key role in the
progression of pulmonary infection. However, there are limited data regarding the …

Background: Pneumocystis jirovecii causes Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in
immunocompromised patients with a high rate of morbidity and mortality. Colonization with …

Background and Purpose: Pneumocystis pneumonia, caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii, is a
fatal disease threatening patients with AIDS or immunosuppression. Assessment of …

Background and Purpose: Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) is one of the most common and
life-threatening fungal diseases in patients with human immunodeficiency, treated with …

Pneumocystis jirovecii is an opportunistic fungus causing Pneumocystis pneumonia
primarily in immunosuppressed patients. However, immunocompetent individuals may …

Materials and Methods Two hundred and fifty five pulmonary samples were collected from
two groups of immunosuppressed patients to detect a 260bp fragment of mt LSU rRNA gene …

Detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii and its DNA in clinically asymptomatic people is defined
as colonization. The aim of this study was to reveal the colonization prevalence of P. jirovecii …

Materials and Methods: In the present study, 115 bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) specimens
were collected from patients. Samples were subjected to Nested-PCR with specific primers …

Introduction Infection complications in lung cancer (LC), one of the most common cancers in
the world, are still among the most important causes of death. Of them, P. jirovecii, which is …

In a prospective bicentric study, Pneumocystis jirovecii excretion and diffusion was explored
in air samples collected in the rooms occupied by 17 Pneumocystis-colonized patients. P …