Pneumocystis jiroveci isolates with dihydropteroate synthase mutations in patients with chronic bronchitis

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 545-549

  Calderon E ^a   De La Horra, C ^a   Medrano, F J ^a   Lopez Suarez A ^b   Montes Cano, M A ^a   Respaldiza, N ^a   Elvira Gonzalez J ^b   Martin Juan J ^a   Bascunana A ^b   Varela, J M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; RIBOSOME RNA; SULFONAMIDE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 3242887587     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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