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Pneumocystis jirovecii multilocus gene sequencing: findings and implications.
Future microbiology - 1 Aug 2010
Matos Olga, Esteves Francisco
Abstract excerpt
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PcP) remains a major cause of respiratory illness among immunocompromised patients, especially patients infected with HIV, but it has also been isolated from immunocompetent persons. This article discusses the application of multilocus genotyping analysis to the study of the genetic diversity of P. jirovecii and its epidemiological and clinical parameters, and the important...
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