Pneumocystis pneumonia: An update

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 87, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2004, Pages

  Sritangratanakul, Sureeporn ^a   Nuchprayoon, Surang ^a   Nuchprayoon, Issarang ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Clinical; Life cycle; Pneumocystis pneumonia; Prophylaxis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPSONE; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; FUNGAL DNA; PENTAMIDINE; PRIMAQUINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; LIFE CYCLE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; THAILAND; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 22744450410     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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