Pneumocystis jirovecii Transmission from Immunocompetent Carriers to Infant

We report a case of Pneumocystis jirovecii transmission from colonized grandparents to their infant granddaughter. Genotyping of P. jirovecii showed the same genotypes in samples from the infant and her grandparents. These findings support P. jirovecii transmission from immunocompetent carrier adult...

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Main Authors: Rivero, Laura, de la Horra, Carmen, Montes-Cano, Marco A., Rodríguez-Herrera, Alfonso, Respaldiza, Nieves, Friaza, Vicente, Morilla, Rubén, Gutiérrez, Sonia, Varela, José M., Medrano, Francisco J., Calderón, Enrique J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600334/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18598635
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1407.071431
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