Pneumocystis jirovecii Carriage in Portuguese Immunocompetent Patients: Preliminary Results

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages 647-648

  Matos, Olga ^a   Costa, Marina Célia ^a   Correia, Isabel ^b   Monteiro, Paula ^b   Monteiro, Miguel ^c   Soares, Jorge ^c   Vieira, Jorge Roldão ^c   Bonnet, Marina ^c   Antunes, Francisco ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOCOMPETENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PORTUGAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; PORTUGAL;

PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII;

EID: 0347597025     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2003.tb00668.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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