Outcome of <i>Pneumocystis jirovecii</i> pneumonia diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction in patients without human immunodeficiency virus infection

Abstract

In this study, the mortality of HIV-negative patients with PCP was low compared with previous reports. We hypothesize that this finding resulted from the increased sensitivity of a PCR-based assay, as compared with traditional methods, for the diagnosis of PCP in HIV-negative patients.