Article
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
Abstract excerpt
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 (g...
Topics
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
- Alleles
- Antifungal Agents
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
- DNA, Fungal
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Genotype
- Humans
- Pneumocystis
- Pneumonia, Pneumocystis
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RNA, Ribosomal
- Recurrence
- Sensitivity and Specificity