Pneumocystis carinii dihydropteroate synthase mutations and treatment with sulfa or sulfone regimens: A proposal for standardized definitions for clinical evaluation

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue SUPPL., 2001, Pages

  Huang, Laurence ^a   Morris, Alison M ^b   Beard, Charles B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROBIOLOGY;

PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPSONE; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MUTATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; STANDARD; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; DAPSONE; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; HUMANS; MUTATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 0035544892     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2001.tb00510.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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