Multilocus sequence typing of Pneumocystis jirovecii from clinical samples: How many and which loci should be used?

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2843-2849

  Maitte, Céline ^a   Leterrier, Marion ^a,b   Le Pape, Patrice ^a,b   Miegeville, Michel ^a,b   Morio, Florent ^a,b  

^a NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; CYTOCHROME B; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ALLELE; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUNTER INDEX; MITOCHONDRIAL RNA 26S GENE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA 26S GENE;

GENETIC LOCI; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PNEUMOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII;

EID: 84882802381     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01073-13     Document Type: Article

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