Mutations in the Pneumocystis jirovecii DHPS gene confer cross-resistance to sulfa drugs

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 741-748

  Iliades, Peter ^a   Meshnick, Steven R ^b   Macreadie, Ian G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPSONE; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; SULFACETAMIDE; SULFACHLORPYRIDAZINE; SULFADIAZINE; SULFADIMETHOXINE; SULFADOXINE; SULFAFURAZOLE; SULFAMERAZINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFAMETHOXYPYRIDAZINE; SULFAMOXOLE; SULFANILAMIDE; SULFANILAMIDE DERIVATIVE; SULFAPYRIDINE; SULFAQUINOXALINE; SULFATHIAZOLE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; FUNGAL GENETICS; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VECTORS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMONIA; SULFONAMIDES; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 12944281046     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.2.741-748.2005     Document Type: Article

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