Article
Pneumocystis carinii: what is it, exactly?
Clinical microbiology reviews - 1 Oct 1996
Stringer J R
Abstract excerpt
The identity of Pneumocystis carinii has been uncertain for many years. Until recently, it was widely regarded to be a protozoan because it does not grow in culture and is not susceptible to antifungal drugs. Although these and a number of other phenotypic characteristics of P. carinii differ fro...
Topics
- Antigenic Variation
- Fungal Proteins
- Gene Rearrangement
- Genetic Variation
- Host-Parasite Interactions
- Pneumocystis
- Species Specificity