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  • Title: Detection of Pneumocystis carinii DNA in blood by PCR is not of value for diagnosis of P. carinii pneumonia.
    Author: Tamburrini E, Mencarini P, Visconti E, Zolfo M, De Luca A, Siracusano A, Ortona E, Wakefield AE.
    Journal: J Clin Microbiol; 1996 Jun; 34(6):1586-8. PubMed ID: 8735128.
    Abstract:
    A nested PCR which amplified a portion of the mitochondrial large-subunit rRNA gene of Pneumocystis carinii was used to detect P. carinii DNA in blood from patients with P. carinii pneumonia. P. carinii DNA was not detected in serum and was detected at low levels of blood cells.
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