The Pneumocystis jirovecii colonization in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and bronchial washing and the comparison of methods which are used in diagnosis

Ozmen A., Mistik R., ALVER O., COŞKUN N. F., URSAVAŞ A., Uzaslan E.

TUBERKULOZ VE TORAK-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORAX, cilt.61, sa.4, ss.303-311, 2013 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 61 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5578/tt.2954
  • Dergi Adı: TUBERKULOZ VE TORAK-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORAX
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.303-311
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Pneumocystis jirovecii, bronchoalveolar lavage, bronchial washing, immunosupression, IFA, nested PCR
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Introduction: Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) which is caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii is usually seen in the patients whose immune system is supressed. It is seriously seen an opportunist infection. In our study; totally 100 bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and bronchial washing samples collected by pulmonary disease department. Which belong to the patients in the clinics, and out patient clinic of the bronchoscopy material were evaluated.