Pneumocystis Dihydropteroate Synthase Mutations in Patients with Pneumocystis Pneumonia Who Are Newly Diagnosed with HIV Infection

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages 609-610

  Crothers, Kristina ^a   Huang, Laurence ^a   Morris, Alison ^a,b   Fox, Melissa ^c   Groner, Gena ^c   Turner, Joan R ^a   Merrifield, Cynthia ^a   Eiser, Shary ^a   Friedly, Janna ^a   Gravari, Evangelia ^a   Zucchi, Patrizia ^a   Beard, Charles B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE;

ENZYME;

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MUTATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII;

EID: 9144224801     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2003.tb00648.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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