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Genetic diversity of Pneumocystis jirovecii in Thailand.
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet - 1 Nov 2005
Leelayoova Saovanee, Siripattanapipong Suradej, Tan-Ariya Peerapan, Worapong Jeerapun, Mungthin Mathirut
Abstract excerpt
A fungus Pneumocystis jirovecii, which causes a diffuse bilateral pneumonia called Pneumocystis pneumonia (PcP) is one of the most common opportunistic infections in HIV-infected patients in Thailand. Molecular techniques have demonstrated diversity among isolates of P. jirovecii by comparison of DNA-sequence variation at the internal transcribed spacer region 1 (ITS1) and region 2 (ITS2) of the nuclear ribosomal...
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