Dihydropteroate synthase gene mutations in Pneumocystis and sulfa resistance

Emerging Infectious Diseases, Oct, 2004 by Laurence Huang, Kristina Crothers, Chiara Atzori, Thomas Benfield, Robert Miller, Meja Rabodonirina, Jannik Helweg-Larsen

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