Pneumocystis carinii: What is it, exactly?

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 489-498

  Stringer, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIGEN;

DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EUKARYOTE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PROTOZOON; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0029958576     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cmr.9.4.489     Document Type: Review

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