Diagnosis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia: improved detection in sputum with use of monoclonal antibodies.

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Published in N Engl J Med on March 10, 1988

Authors

J A Kovacs1, V L Ng, H Masur, G Leoung, W K Hadley, G Evans, H C Lane, F P Ognibene, J Shelhamer, J E Parrillo

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1: Critical Care Medicine Department, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892.

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