Geographical variation in the prevalence of Pneumocystis jirovecii dihydropteroate synthase mutations within western Europe

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Rabodonirina, Meja ^a   Nahimana, Aimable ^b,d   Weber, Rainer ^c   Francioli, Patrick ^b   Bille, Jacques ^d   Hauser, Philippe M ^d  

^a CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Hospital Preventive Medicine   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; SULFANILAMIDE DERIVATIVE;

FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MUTATION;

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHEMOPREVENTION; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA, FUNGAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; EUROPE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MUTATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SULFANILAMIDES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII;

EID: 33751365985     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00194.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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