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Oropharyngeal samples for genotyping and monitoring response to treatment in AIDS patients with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Oct 1999
Tsolaki Anthony G, Miller Robert F, Wakefield Ann E
Abstract excerpt
A nested PCR, amplifying a portion of the gene encoding the mitochondrial large subunit ribosomal RNA (mt LSU rRNA) of Pneumocystis carinii sp. f. hominis was applied to oropharyngeal samples obtained on repeated occasions from 12 HIV-infected patients with P. carinii pneumonia (PCP) to monitor response to anti-P. carinii treatment. Genotyping of P. carinii sp. f. hominis was also performed on paired samples of...
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