Title: Usefulness Of Oropharyngeal Washings For Identifying <i>Pneumocystis jirovecii</i> Carriers
Abstract: Journal of Eukaryotic MicrobiologyVolume 53, Issue s1 p. S100-S101 Usefulness Of Oropharyngeal Washings For Identifying Pneumocystis jirovecii Carriers NIEVES RESPALDIZA, NIEVES RESPALDIZA Reina Mercedes Investigation Unit, Sevilla, Spain, andSearch for more papers by this authorMARCO A. MONTES-CANO, MARCO A. MONTES-CANO Reina Mercedes Investigation Unit, Sevilla, Spain, andSearch for more papers by this authorVICENTE FRIAZA, VICENTE FRIAZA Reina Mercedes Investigation Unit, Sevilla, Spain, andSearch for more papers by this authorF. MUÑOZ-LOBATO, F. MUÑOZ-LOBATO Reina Mercedes Investigation Unit, Sevilla, Spain, andSearch for more papers by this authorFRANCISCO J. MEDRANO, FRANCISCO J. MEDRANO Internal Medicine Service, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Avda. Manuel Siurot s/n, 41013 Sevilla, SpainSearch for more papers by this authorJOSE M. VARELA, JOSE M. VARELA Reina Mercedes Investigation Unit, Sevilla, Spain, andSearch for more papers by this authorENRIQUE CALDERON, ENRIQUE CALDERON Internal Medicine Service, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Avda. Manuel Siurot s/n, 41013 Sevilla, SpainSearch for more papers by this authorCARMEN DE LA HORRA, CARMEN DE LA HORRA Reina Mercedes Investigation Unit, Sevilla, Spain, andSearch for more papers by this author NIEVES RESPALDIZA, NIEVES RESPALDIZA Reina Mercedes Investigation Unit, Sevilla, Spain, andSearch for more papers by this authorMARCO A. MONTES-CANO, MARCO A. MONTES-CANO Reina Mercedes Investigation Unit, Sevilla, Spain, andSearch for more papers by this authorVICENTE FRIAZA, VICENTE FRIAZA Reina Mercedes Investigation Unit, Sevilla, Spain, andSearch for more papers by this authorF. MUÑOZ-LOBATO, F. MUÑOZ-LOBATO Reina Mercedes Investigation Unit, Sevilla, Spain, andSearch for more papers by this authorFRANCISCO J. MEDRANO, FRANCISCO J. MEDRANO Internal Medicine Service, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Avda. Manuel Siurot s/n, 41013 Sevilla, SpainSearch for more papers by this authorJOSE M. VARELA, JOSE M. VARELA Reina Mercedes Investigation Unit, Sevilla, Spain, andSearch for more papers by this authorENRIQUE CALDERON, ENRIQUE CALDERON Internal Medicine Service, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Avda. Manuel Siurot s/n, 41013 Sevilla, SpainSearch for more papers by this authorCARMEN DE LA HORRA, CARMEN DE LA HORRA Reina Mercedes Investigation Unit, Sevilla, Spain, andSearch for more papers by this author First published: 27 November 2006 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00188.xCitations: 14 Corresponding Author: E. Calderon, Internal Medicine Service, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Avda. 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