Pulmonary Colonization with Pneumocystis cariniiin Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Negative Patients: Assessing Risk with Blood CD4+ T Cell Counts
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- 1 November 1999
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 29 (5) , 1331-1332
- https://doi.org/10.1086/313478
Abstract
Our results show that pulmonary colonization with P. carinii occurred mainly in HIV-negative patients with underlying disease and CD4+ T cell defects. CD4+ T ceKeywords
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