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62065

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
21
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-1-3
pubmed:abstractText
To determine if examination of respiratory secretions is useful in diagnosing Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, smear preparations of expectorated sputum, tracheal aspirates, and transtracheal aspirates stained by the Gomori methenamine silver nitrate method were examined. Pneumocysts were observed more frequently in material obtained by transtracheal aspiration than in secretions obtained by the other methods. Transtracheal aspiration yielded material containing pneumocysts in 8 (13%) of 60 patients; each had pulmonary infiltrates and clinical courses consistent with P carinii pneumonia. Of 330 smear preparations examined from expectorated sputum, three patients had pneumocysts in their sputum and one had organisms in both transtracheal aspiration and expectorated sputum; all three had pneumonia. This study provides evidence that transtracheal aspiration is a useful initial step in the approach to the diagnosis of P carinii pneumonia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0098-7484
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
236
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2399-402
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1976
pubmed:articleTitle
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Diagnosis by examination of pulmonary secretions.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.