High prevalence of Pneumocystis jirovecii colonization in Brazilian cystic fibrosis patients

Medical Mycology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 556-560

  Pederiva, Marco A ^a   Wissmann, Gustavo ^a   Friaza, Vicente ^b   Morilla, Rubem ^b   De La Horra, Carmen ^b   Montes Cano, Marco A ^b   Goldani, Luciano Z ^a   Calderón, Enrique J ^b   Prolla, João C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colonization; Cystic fibrosis; Pneumocystis jirovecii

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; FUNGAL RNA; PANCREAS ENZYME; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BRAZIL; BRONCHOSCOPY; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRUG USE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; WILD TYPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862212673     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2011.645892     Document Type: Article

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