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1291318

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-3-30
pubmed:abstractText
Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid from 47 immunocompromised patients (26 with AIDS and 21 patients on immunosuppressive therapy) was analysed for the presence of Toxoplasma gondii DNA by means of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Specific target DNA derived from the B1 and P30 gene of Toxoplasma gondii was detected in BAL fluids from three patients with AIDS (6.4%). Pneumonia as the presenting feature of disseminated toxoplasmosis was confirmed by both clinical findings and by detection of Toxoplasma gondii DNA in blood obtained from two patients. The findings indicate that PCR has potential value in the detection of Toxoplasma gondii as an etiologic agent of atypical pneumonia in immunocompromised patients.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0934-9723
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:geneSymbol
B1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1177-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Application of the polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis of pulmonary toxoplasmosis in immunocompromised patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Parasitology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article