Successful treatment of PCP episodes caused by Pneumocystis carinii with mutant dihydropteroate (DHPS) gene

J Eukaryot Microbiol. 1999 Sep-Oct;46(5):135S.

Authors

E Visconti¹, E Ortona, P Margutti, S Marinaci, M Zolfo, L P Celentano, P Mencarini, A Siracusano, E Tamburrini

Affiliation

¹ Clinic Infectious Diseases, Catholic University, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 10519288

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy*
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / microbiology
Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
Dihydropteroate Synthase / genetics*
Drug Therapy, Combination
Genes, Fungal
Humans
Mutation
Mycological Typing Techniques
Pneumocystis / enzymology
Pneumocystis / genetics*
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / drug therapy*
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / microbiology

Substances

Antifungal Agents
Dihydropteroate Synthase