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Similar genotypes of Pneumocystis jirovecii in different forms of Pneumocystis infection.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 May 2004
Totet Anne, Duwat Hyacinthe, Magois Eline, Jounieaux Vincent, Roux Patricia, Raccurt Christian, Nevez Gilles
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This study describes the genotyping of Pneumocystis jirovecii organisms isolated from three groups of patients that developed diverse forms of P. jirovecii infection; the patients were monitored in the same French hospital. Forty archival specimens from 13 adults with Pneumocystis pneumonia, eight adults colonized by P. jirovecii and 19 immunocompetent infants infected with the fungus contemporaneously with a...
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