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These patients are frequently HIV positive and have a higher mortality than smear-positive TB patients. Lack of access to diagnose <jats:italic>Pneumocystis jirovecii<\/jats:italic> pneumonia might be a contributing reason. We therefore assessed the prevalence of <jats:italic>P. jirovecii<\/jats:italic> by PCR in oral wash specimens among TB patients and healthy individuals in an HIV- and TB-endemic area of sub-Saharan Africa.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>A prospective study of 384 patients initiating treatment for sputum smear-positive and smear-negative TB and 100 healthy household contacts and neighbourhood controls.<\/jats:p>\n            <jats:p>DNA from oral wash specimens was examined by PCR for <jats:italic>P. jirovecii<\/jats:italic>. All patients delivered sputum for TB microscopy and culture. Healthy contacts and community controls were clinically assessed and all study subjects were HIV tested and had CD4 cell counts determined. Clinical status and mortality was assessed after a follow-up period of 5 months.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>384 patients and 100 controls were included, 53% and 8% HIV positive respectively. A total number of 65 patients and controls (13.6%) were at definitive risk for PCP based on CD4 counts &lt;200 cells per mm<jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup> and no specific PCP prophylaxis. Only a single patient (0.3% of the patients) was PCR positive for <jats:italic>P. jirovecii<\/jats:italic>. None of the healthy household contacts or neighbourhood controls had PCR-detectable <jats:italic>P. jirovecii<\/jats:italic> DNA in their oral wash specimens regardless of HIV-status.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>The prevalence of <jats:italic>P. jirovecii<\/jats:italic> as detected by PCR on oral wash specimens was very low among TB patients with or without HIV and healthy individuals in Tanzania. Colonisation by <jats:italic>P. jirovecii<\/jats:italic> was not detected among healthy controls. The present findings may encourage diagnostic use of this non-invasive method.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1471-2334-10-140","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2010,5,28]],"date-time":"2010-05-28T18:15:18Z","timestamp":1275070518000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["Infrequent detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii by PCR in oral wash specimens from TB patients with or without HIV and healthy contacts in Tanzania"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Lotte","family":"Jensen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andreas V","family":"Jensen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"George","family":"Praygod","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jeremiah","family":"Kidola","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Daniel","family":"Faurholt-Jepsen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"John","family":"Changalucha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nyagosya","family":"Range","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Henrik","family":"Friis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jannik","family":"Helweg-Larsen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jorgen S","family":"Jensen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Aase B","family":"Andersen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2010,5,28]]},"reference":[{"issue":"4","key":"1120_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"246","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1468-1293.2008.00554.x","volume":"9","author":"S Grabar","year":"2008","unstructured":"Grabar S, Lanoy E, Allavena C, Mary-Krause M, Bentata M, Fischer P, Mahamat A, Rabaud C, Costagliola D: Causes of the first AIDS-defining illness and subsequent survival before and after the advent of combined antiretroviral therapy. 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