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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2020

Evaluation of the Amplex eazyplex Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay for Rapid Diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia.

Timo Huber, Annerose Serr, Walter Geißdörfer, Christina Hess, Christian Lynker-Aßmus, Friederike D von Loewenich, Christian Bogdan, Jürgen Held

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Timo Huber *Mikrobiologisches Institut-Klinische Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Hygiene, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen und Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Annerose Serr *Department für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Walter GeißdörferMikrobiologisches Institut-Klinische Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Hygiene, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen und Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Christina HessDepartment für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Christian Lynker-AßmusMikrobiologisches Institut-Klinische Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Hygiene, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen und Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Friederike D von LoewenichDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Christian BogdanMikrobiologisches Institut-Klinische Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Hygiene, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen und Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Jürgen HeldMikrobiologisches Institut-Klinische Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Hygiene, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen und Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany juergen.held@uk-erlangen.de.ORCID 0000-0003-1130-9727

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quantitative PCR (qPCR) assays are the gold standard for diagnosis of

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Pneumocystis cariniiPneumonia, PneumocystisBronchoalveolar Lavage FluidHumansMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesNucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesProspective StudiesRetrospective StudiesSensitivity and SpecificityAIDSBALFHIVLAMPNATPCPPCRPneumocystis cariniipoint-of-care

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PMID32938732
PMCPMC7685886

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