Epidemiology of Pneumocystis colonization in families

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1237-1240

  Spencer, LaShonda ^a,c   Ukwu, Michelle ^a   Alexander, Travis ^a   Valadez, Karri ^a   Liu, Lora ^a   Frederick, Toni ^a   Kovacs, Andrea ^a   Morris, Alison ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Allergy   (United States)

^c HRA 300 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; LOS ANGELES; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 42549083471     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/533449     Document Type: Article

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