Pneumocystis jirovecii genotype associated with increased death rate of HIV-infected patients with pneumonia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-

  Rabodonirina, Meja ^a   Vaillant, Laetitia ^b,c   Taffé, Patrick ^d   Nahimana, Aimable ^d   Gillibert, René Pierre ^b   Vanhems, Philippe ^b,e   Hauser, Philippe M ^d  

^a CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPSONE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; FOLIC ACID; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; PENTAMIDINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 84871625498     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1901.120140     Document Type: Article

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