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4. Association Between Circulating DNA, Serum (1→3)-β-d-Glucan, and Pulmonary Fungal Burden in Pneumocystis Pneumonia.

Author

Costa, Jean-Marc, Botterel, Françoise, Cabaret, Odile, Foulet, Françoise, Cordonnier, Catherine, and Bretagne, Stéphane

Subjects
*PNEUMOCYSTIS carinii pneumonia diagnosis, *SERUM, *GLUCANS, *LUNG diseases, *DNA, *IMMUNOCOMPROMISED patients, *BRONCHOALVEOLAR lavage, *POLYMERASE chain reaction, *BIOMARKERS
Abstract

Both circulating Pneumocystis jirovecii DNA burden and (1→3)-β-d-glucan level are associated with the pulmonary fungal load in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids assessed using quantitative polymerase chain reaction in immunocompromised patients.Circulating Pneumocystis jirovecii DNA and (1→3)-β-d-glucan determined in 70 serum samples from immunocompromised patients were compared to fungal load in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids assessed using quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Both serum biomarkers are influenced by pulmonary fungal load, which should be taken into account when diagnosing Pneumocystis infection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2012
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