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Clinical Focus Drug Resistance, Renal Disease, and Hypertension

Pneumocystis jiroveci Dihydropteroate Synthase Gene Mutations among Colonized Individuals and Pneumocystis Pneumonia Patients from Spain

Vicente Friaza Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, and CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Seville, Spain
, BSc,
Rubén Morilla Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, and CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Seville, Spain
, BSc,
Nieves Respaldiza Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, and CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Seville, Spain
, MD, PhD,
Carmen de la Horra Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, and CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Seville, Spain
, PhD &
Enrique J. Calderón Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, and CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Seville, SpainCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD, PhD
Pages 24-28 | Published online: 13 Mar 2015

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