Genotypic study of Pneumocystis jirovecii in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients in Thailand

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2104-2110

  Siripattanapipong, Suradej ^a   Worapong, Jeerapun ^c   Mungthin, Mathirut ^b   Leelayoova, Saovanee ^b   Tan Ariya, Peerapan ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b PHRAMONGKUTKLAO HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MYCOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THAILAND;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PNEUMOCYSTIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPUTUM; THAILAND;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII;

EID: 18644365229     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.5.2104-2110.2005     Document Type: Article

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