Clinical significance of Pneumocystis jirovecii DNA detection by real-time PCR in hematological patient respiratory specimens

Affiliations

• ¹ Hematology Department, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain.
• ² Microbiology Service, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Institute for Research INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain.
• ³ Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain.
• ⁴ Hematology Service, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Institute for Research INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain.
• ⁵ Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain.
• ⁶ Hematology Service, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Institute for Research INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain; Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
• ⁷ Hematology Service, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Institute for Research INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain; Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. Electronic address: david.navarro@uv.es.