Table 4

Genotypes of Pneumocystis jirovecii in 56 patients

Genetic locus

Total numbers tested

Genotype

mt LSU rRNA

56

1

2

3

4

5

Mixed

17 (30)

10 (18)

7 (13)

15 (27)

1 (2)

6 (11)

ITS

31

Eb

Eg

Bi

Ai, Ce, "H"r, Ir, Iu₃, U₁e

Mixed

9 (29)

6 (19)

5 (16)

1 (3)

5 (16)

Data are presented as No. (%). mt LSU r rRNA, mitochondrial large subunit; based on nucleotide 85/248, genotypes 1, C/C; 2, A/C; 3, T/C; 4, C/T; 5, A/T. ITS, internal transcribed spacer. If multiple haplotypes (combinations of ITS1 and ITS2 types) were detected from 1 sample, mixed-type were considered only when both haplotypes were detected in at least 1 single-type sample.

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