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Source of Pneumocystis carinii in recurrent episodes of pneumonia in AIDS patients.
AIDS (London, England) - 1 Jul 1996
Keely S P, Baughman R P, Smulian A G, Dohn M N, Stringer J R
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the hypothesis that P.carinii special form hominis (P.c. hominis) reinfections occur in AIDS patients. DESIGN: Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to identify patients who had different P.c. hominis mitochondrial DNA (mtrRNA) genotypes in the two disease episodes (genotype switching). P.c. hominis from these patients were analysed with an allele-specific PCR (ASP) assay to determine...
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