Development of a Real-Time PCR-Based Fluorescence Assay for Rapid Detection of Point Mutations in Pneumocystis jirovecii Dihydropteroate Synthase Gene

NICAISE G. TUIKUE NDAM, BRUNO DUMONT, CHRISTINE DEMANCHE, ALAIN CHAPEL, PHILIPPE LACUBE, JACQUES GUILLOT and PATRICIA ROUX Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, UFR Saint-Antoine, Paris, France; Equipe de Mycologie, UMR BIPAR, Ecole Nationale Veterinaire d’Alfort, Maisons-Alfort, France; and Laboratoire de Therapie Cellulaire et de Radioprotection Accidentelle-Hematologie, UFR Saint-Antoine, Paris, France