Prevalence of DHPS polymorphisms associated with sulfa resistance in South African Pneumocystis jirovecii strains

J Eukaryot Microbiol. 2006:53 Suppl 1:S110-1. doi: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00193.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / microbiology*
  • Adult
  • Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use
  • DNA, Fungal / genetics
  • DNA, Fungal / isolation & purification
  • Dihydropteroate Synthase / genetics*
  • Drug Resistance, Fungal / genetics*
  • Female
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct
  • Fungal Proteins / genetics*
  • Hospitals
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mutation / genetics
  • Pneumocystis carinii / genetics*
  • Pneumocystis carinii / isolation & purification
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / microbiology*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Polymorphism, Genetic*
  • Prevalence
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • South Africa
  • Sputum / microbiology
  • Sulfanilamides / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • DNA, Fungal
  • Fungal Proteins
  • Sulfanilamides
  • Dihydropteroate Synthase