Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia in AIDS Patients
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Jose M. Varela1, Francisco J. Medrano1, Eduardo Dei-Cas2,3 and Enrique J. Calderón1 1Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla and CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Internal Medicine Service, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital. Seville, 2Parasitology-Mycology Service (EA4547), Centre of Biology Pathology, Lille-2 University Hospital Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Univ. Lille Nord de France, 3Biology & Diversity of Emerging Eukaryotic Pathogens, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, 1Spain, 2,3France
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