. . . . . . . "[The objectives were: (1) to test the sensitivity, specificity and prognostic value of PCR in diagnosis and follow up of PCP; (2) to investigate the eventual occurrence and role of asymptomatic carriers of P. carinii; (3) to evaluate the prognostic significance of blood PCR positivity versus respiratory samples; (4) to verify the occurrence of exogenous infections or endogenous reactivations in cases of recurrent P. carinii pneumonia; and (5) to study the possible correlation between P. carinii genotype identified and capability of blood dissemination, prior prophylactic treatments, clinical parameters and outcome of the patients.]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine."@en . . . . . "2017-02-19"^^ . . "Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature."@en . "DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE"@en . "2017-10-17T13:15:35+02:00"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "v5.0.0.0" . "v5.0.0" .