Risk for Pneumocystis carinii transmission among patients with pneumonia: A molecular epidemiology study

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 132-134

  Manoloff, Elodie Senggen ^a   Francioli, Patrick ^a   Taffé, Patrick ^b   Van Melle, Guy ^b   Bille, Jacques ^a   Hauser, Philippe M ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0037241508     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0901.020141     Document Type: Article

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