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Absence of Pneumocystis dihydropteroate synthase mutants in Brittany, France.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 May 2013
Le Gal Solène, Robert-Gangneux Florence, Perrot Maëla, Rouillé Amélie, Virmaux Michèle, Damiani Céline, Totet Anne, Gangneux Jean-Pierre, Nevez Gilles
Abstract excerpt
Archival Pneumocystis jirovecii specimens from 84 patients monitored at Rennes University Hospital (Rennes, France) were assayed at the dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS) locus. No patient was infected with mutants. The results provide additional data showing that P. jirovecii infections involving DHPS mutants do not represent a public health issue in Brittany, western France.
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