Abstract The Fifth European Conference on Infections in Leukaemia (ECIL-5) convened a
meeting to establish evidence-based recommendations for using tests to diagnose …

Pneumocystis pneumonia is an opportunistic disease caused by invasion of unicellular
fungus Pneumocystis jirovecii. Initially, it was responsible for majority of morbidity and …

Pneumocystis jirovecii is an atypical fungus exhibiting pulmonary tropism and a highly
defined host specificity. It is generally regarded as an opportunistic microorganism causing …

The diagnosis of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) relies on microscopic visualization of
Pneumocystis jirovecii organisms or DNA detection in pulmonary specimens. This study …

Background The number of patients with non-HIV Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) is
increasing with widespread immunosuppressive treatment. We investigated the clinical …

Genotyping studies of medically important fungi have addressed elucidation of outbreaks,
nosocomial transmissions, infection routes, and genotype-phenotype correlations, of which …

The PneumoGenius® real-time PCR assay is a new commercial multiplex real-time PCR
method, which detects the Pneumocystis mitochondrial ribosomal large subunit (mtLSU) and …

A Pneumocystis jirovecii is one of the most important microorganisms that cause pneumonia
in immunosupressed individuals. The guideline for treatment and prophylaxis of …

Pulmonary diseases are major causes of morbidity and death in persons with HIV infection.
Millions of people with HIV/AIDS throughout the world are at risk of opportunistic …

Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PcP) is an important opportunistic infection among
immunocompromised patients. Genetic characterization of P. jirovecii isolated from HIV …