Dihydropteroate synthase mutations in Pneumocystis pneumonia: Impact of applying different definitions of prophylaxis, mortality endpoints and mutant in a single cohort

Medical Mycology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 568-575

  Yoon, Christina ^a   Subramanian, Anuradha ^a   Chi, Amy ^a   Crothers, Kristina ^b   Meshnick, Steven R ^c   Taylor, Steve M ^a,c   Beard, Charles B ^d   Jarlsberg, Leah G ^a   Lawrence, Gena G ^d   Avery, Melissa ^d   Swartzman, Alexandra ^a   Fong, Serena ^a   Roth, Brenna ^a   Huang, Laurence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

DHPS; DHPS mutant; Dihydropteroate synthase; PCP; Pneumocystis jirovecii

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPSONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; MUTANT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; WILD TYPE;

EID: 84880272347     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2013.770604     Document Type: Article

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