Quantitative PCR to diagnose Pneumocystis pneumonia in immunocompromised non-HIV patients.

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Published in Eur Respir J on September 15, 2011

Authors

K Mühlethaler1, K Bögli-Stuber, S Wasmer, C von Garnier, P Dumont, A Rauch, K Mühlemann, C Garzoni

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1: Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

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