Isolation of the Pneumocystis carinii dihydrofolate synthase gene and functional complementation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae [PDF]
, 2017 The Pneumocystis carinii gene encoding the enzyme dihydrofolate synthase (DHFS), which is involved in the essential biosynthesis of folates, was isolated from clones of the Pneumocystis genome project, and sequenced. The deduced P.
Hauser, Philippe M., Macreadie, Ian G.
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Environmental Risk Factors for Pneumocystis Pneumonia Hospitalizations in HIV Patients [PDF]
, 2012 Background. Pneumocystis pneumonia (PcP) is the second leading cause of morbidity and mortality in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–infected patients in the United States.
Djawe, K +10 more
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Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
, 2016 Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in sub-Saharan Africa is a common cause of adult hospitalization and is associated with significant mortality. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence in the region leads to differences in CAP epidemiology ...
Aston, R J, Rylance, Jamie
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Interhuman Transmission as a Potential Key Parameter for Geographical Variation in the Prevalence of Pneumocystis jirovecii Dihydropteroate Synthase Mutations [PDF]
, 2017 Background. Pneumocystis jirovecii dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS) mutations are associated with failure of prophylaxis with sulfa drugs. This retrospective study sought to better understand the geographical variation in the prevalence of these mutations.
Bille, Jacques +6 more
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The Pan African Medical Journal, 2015 Rapporter deux cas cliniques de coinfections pulmonaires par Pneumocystis jirovecii et par Pseudomonas aeruginosa chez des patients vivant avec le VIH. Les deux patients étaient âgés respectivement de 32 ans et 46 ans. Un patient a été pris en charge à l'
Savadogo Mamoudou +3 more
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Pneumocystis pneumonia in a treatment-naive rheumatoid arthritis patient
IDCases, 2019 A HIV-negative, newly diagnosed patient with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was found to have pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia. The infection was treated with three weeks of atovaquone and corticosteroids.
Anuoluwapo Shobayo +2 more
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Pneumonia in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Risks and Prophylaxis Recommendations
Clinical Medicine Insights: Circulatory, Respiratory and Pulmonary Medicine, 2015 Pneumocystis jirovecii infection causes fulminant interstitial pneumonia ( Pneumocystis pneumonia, PCP) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who are receiving biological and/or nonbiological antirheumatic drugs.
Shunsuke Mori, Mineharu Sugimoto
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CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Volume 76, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
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Nature Communications, 2016 Pneumocystis jirovecii is a fungus that can cause life-threatening pneumonia in immunocompromised patients. Here, the authors sequence the genomes of P.
Liang Ma +43 more
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Outbreaks of Pneumocystis Pneumonia in 2 Renal Transplant Centers Linked to a Single Strain of Pneumocystis: Implications for Transmission and Virulence [PDF]
, 2017 By restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis, 2 outbreaks of Pneumocystis pneumonia in renal transplant patients in Europe were shown to be caused by the same strain of Pneumocystis; another outbreak in Japan was caused by a different ...
Fehr, Thomas +14 more
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