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Prophylaxis failure is associated with a specific Pneumocystis carinii genotype.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Oct 2001
Hauser P M, Sudre P, Nahimana A, Francioli P
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the possible association between Pneumocystis carinii types and various clinical and demographic parameters, we used molecular typing to analyze 93 bronchoalveolar lavage specimens from patients with P. carinii pneumonia (PCP). Multivariate regression analysis revealed an association between being infected with a specific P. carinii genotype and receiving anti-PCP prophylaxis (odds ratio, 4.4; 95%...
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