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SUBMITTER: Taylor SM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3308345 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 20111205 2
Pneumocystis jirovecii is an important opportunistic infection in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients. In the developed world, P. jirovecii epidemiology is marked by frequent colonization in immunosuppressed patients, but data on the prevalence of colonization are very limited in sub-Saharan Africa, where the majority of persons living with HIV reside. Our objective was to describe the epidemiology of P. jirovecii colonization among HIV-positive patients in a cross-sectional, ho ...[more]