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From: Negative serum (1,3) -β-D-glucan has a low power to exclude Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) in HIV-uninfected patients with positive qPCR

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Flow chart of study design. P. jirovecii qPCR positive HIV-uninfected patients (n = 330) were recruited from 2019 to 2021. After exclusion, 213 participants were included and divided into a derivation cohort (to define the cut-off value of serum BDG) and a validation cohort (to verify the defined cut-off value of serum BDG). A discharge diagnosis of PJP was taken as the gold standard to divide the participants into two groups: the PJP group and the P. jirovecii-colonized group

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Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

ISSN: 1476-0711

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