Use of a serum (1-->3)-beta-D-glucan assay for diagnosis and follow-up of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Nov 15;47(10):1364-6. doi: 10.1086/592753.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / complications
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumocystis Infections / diagnosis*
  • Pneumocystis carinii / chemistry
  • Pneumocystis carinii / isolation & purification*
  • Prospective Studies
  • Proteoglycans
  • Serum / chemistry*
  • beta-Glucans / analysis*

Substances

  • Proteoglycans
  • beta-Glucans
  • polysaccharide-K