Pneumocystis jirovecii Transmission from Immunocompetent Carriers to Infant

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: Laura Rivero, Carmen de la Horra, Marco A. Montes-Cano, Alfonso Rodríguez-Herrera, Nieves Respaldiza, Vicente Friaza, Rubén Morilla, Sonia Gutiérrez, José M. Varela, Francisco J. Medrano, Enrique J. Calderón
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Pneumocystis
epidemiology
transmission
dispatch
Spain
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/7/07-1431_article

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