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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2001, p. 2717-2718, Vol. 39, No. 7
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.7.2717-2718.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Pneumocystis carinii Carriage among Cystic Fibrosis Patients, as Detected by Nested PCR

Andreas Sing,* Anna Maria Geiger, Michael Hogardt, and Jürgen Heesemann

Max von Pettenkofer-Institut für Hygiene und Medizinische Mikrobiologie, 80336 Munich, Germany

Received 18 December 2000/Accepted 30 April 2001

A total of 137 sputa from 95 consecutive cystic fibrosis (CF) patients undergoing routine bacteriological surveillance were analyzed for Pneumocystis carinii colonization using nested PCR. Seven of 95 patients (7.4%) were PCR positive, suggesting that P. carinii carriage may exist among CF patients due to their 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, July 2001, p. 2717-2718, Vol. 39, No. 7
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.7.2717-2718.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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