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Typing of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis by PCR-SSCP to indicate a high frequency of co-infections.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Aug 2000
Nahimana Aimable, Blanc Dominique S, Francioli Patrick, Bille Jacques, Hauser Philippe M
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Broncho-alveolar lavage specimens from patients with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia were investigated by PCR-single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis of four genomic regions for P. carinii f. sp. hominis. In all, 32% of specimens produced two bands (one allele) for each of the four...
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