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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 1999, p. 3409-3410, Vol. 37, No. 10
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Pneumocystis carinii Carriage in Immunocompetent Patients with Primary Pulmonary Disorders as Detected by Single or Nested PCR

Andreas Sing,* Andreas Roggenkamp, Ingo B. Autenrieth, and Jürgen Heesemann

Max von Pettenkofer-Institut für Hygiene und Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Munich, Germany

Received 14 April 1999/Returned for modification 15 May 1999/Accepted 2 July 1999

Ninety-five bronchoalveolar lavage specimens from 63 immunocompetent adult patients with primary pulmonary disease were analyzed for Pneumocystis carinii colonization by primary and nested PCR. Twelve of 63 patients (19%) were PCR positive. None of them developed P. carinii pneumonia. These results suggest that P. carinii carriage may exist in immunocompetent patients with underlying pulmonary disease.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Max von Pettenkofer-Institut für Hygiene und Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Pettenkoferstraße 9a, 80336 Munich, Germany. Phone: 49-89-5160-5293. Fax: 49-89-5160-5223. E-mail: sing{at}m3401.mpk.med.uni-muenchen.de.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 1999, p. 3409-3410, Vol. 37, No. 10
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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