Genotypic variation in Pneumocystis jirovecii isolates in Britain

Thorax

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 679-682

  Miller, R F ^a   Lindley, A R ^b   Copas, A ^a   Ambrose, H E ^b   Davies, R J O ^c   Wakefieldt, A E ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL RNA; LARGE SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ADULT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 23744506405     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.039818     Document Type: Article

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