Pneumocystis jirovecii dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS) genotypes in non-HIV-immunocompromised patients: a tertiary care reference health centre study

Med Mycol. 2011 Feb;49(2):167-71. doi: 10.3109/13693786.2010.505584. Epub 2010 Aug 18.

Abstract

Studies on Pneumocystis jirovecii dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS) genotypes among non-HIV immunocompromised patients from developing countries are rare. In the present prospective investigation, 24 (11.8%) cases were found to be positive for Pneumocystis jirovecii out of 203 non-HIV patients with a clinical suspicion of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP). Dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS) genotype 1 (Thr55+Pro57) was noted in 95.8% P. jirovecii isolates in the present study in contrast to only 4.1% of patients with DHPS genotype 4 (Thr55Ala + Pro57Ser).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Amino Acid Substitution / genetics
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Dihydropteroate Synthase / genetics*
  • Female
  • Genotype
  • Hospitals
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host*
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumocystis carinii / enzymology*
  • Pneumocystis carinii / genetics
  • Pneumocystis carinii / isolation & purification
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / microbiology*
  • Prospective Studies
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Dihydropteroate Synthase