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Pneumocystis jirovecii genotypes and granulomatous pneumocystosis.
Medecine et maladies infectieuses - 1 Apr 2006
Totet A, Duwat H, Daste G, Berry A, Escamilla R, Nevez G
Abstract excerpt
This study describes the initial data concerning molecular typing of Pneumocystis jirovecii in a patient having developed granulomatous Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP). Three types, B(1)a(3), B(1)a(4), B(1)b(2), were identified. All three had been described in reports concerning patients with common diffuse alveolar PCP. The present data show that identical microorganisms can be involved in both granulomatous PCP...
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