Low prevalence of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) but high prevalence of pneumocystis dihydropteroate synthase (dhps) gene mutations in HIV-infected persons in Uganda.

Low prevalence of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) but high prevalence of pneumocystis dihydropteroate synthase (dhps) gene mutations in HIV-infected persons in Uganda.

Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) is an important opportunistic infection in patients infected with HIV, but its burden is incompletely characterized in those areas of sub-Saharan Africa where HIV is prevalent. We explored the prevalence of both PCP in HIV-infected adults admitted with pneumoni...

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Main Authors: Steve M Taylor, Steven R Meshnick, William Worodria, Alfred Andama, Adithya Cattamanchi, J Lucian Davis, Samuel D Yoo, Patrick Byanyima, Sylvia Kaswabuli, Carol D Goodman, Laurence Huang, International HIV-associated Opportunistic Pneumonias Study
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3500344?pdf=render

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