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Thorax 60:679-682 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.039818
  • Respiratory infection

Genotypic variation in Pneumocystis jirovecii isolates in Britain

Table 1

 Genotypes of P jirovecii at the mt LSU rRNA locus in patients with PCP, patients colonised with P jirovecii, and in air spora

Genotype Sample Total %
PCP Colonised Air spora
1 44 15 1 60 38
2 30 9 3 42 26.6
3 25 5 2 32 20.3
4 2 6 0 8 5.1
Mixed
5 (1+3) 9 0 0 9 5.6
6 (1+2) 3 0 0 3 1.9
8 (1+4) 2 1 0 3 1.9
9 (2+3) 1 0 0 1 0.6
Total 116 36 6 158 100

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