Research Article
Evaluation of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay for the Detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii in Immunocompromised Patients
Table 2
Distribution of positive samples by GMS staining, nested PCR, and LAMP assay among different patients groups.
| Underlying conditions | Number of samples | Number of positive samples | GMS staining | Nested PCR (mtLSUrRNA) | LAMP assay (18S rRNA) |
| HIV | 64 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 16 | PRT | 66 | 21 | 10 | 19 | 21 | Malignancies | 20 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | Other immunocompromised conditions | 35 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8 | Total | 185 | 49 | 12 | 41 | 49 |
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