Absence of Pneumocystis jirovecii dihydropteroate synthase gene mutations among samples from a group of AIDS patients in China

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 152-154

  Li, Kai ^a,b   He, Ai ^a   Cai, Wei Ping ^c   Tang, Xiao Ping ^c   Zheng, Xiao Ying ^a   Li, Zhuo Ya ^a   Zhan, Xi Mei ^a,b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c Guangzhou Eighth People's Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; PREDNISONE; PROLINE; THREONINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CHINA; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; FEMALE; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 58449083042     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540802613087     Document Type: Article

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