Molecular Evidence of Pneumocystis Transmission in Pediatric Transplant Unit

Höcker, Britta; Wendt, Constanze; Nahimana, Aimable; Tönshoff, Burkhard; Hauser, Philippe M.

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Molecular Evidence of Pneumocystis Transmission in Pediatric Transplant Unit

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Feb 2005
By Höcker, Britta ; Wendt, Constanze ; Nahimana, Aimable ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Höcker, Britta ; Wendt, Constanze ; Nahimana, Aimable ; Tönshoff, Burkhard ; Hauser, Philippe M.
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We describe an outbreak of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in a pediatric renal transplant unit, likely attributable to patient-to-patient transmission. Single-strand conformation polymorphism molecular typing showed that 3 affected patients had acquired the same 2 strains of Pneumocystis, which suggests interhuman infection. An infant with mitochondriopathy was the probable index patient.
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Adolescent Cross Infection Disease Transmission, Infectious DNA, Mitochondrial DNA, Ribosomal Spacer DNA, Viral Female Humans Immunocompromised Host Infant Kidney Transplantation Male Pneumonia, Pneumocystis Polymerase Chain Reaction Rna, Ribosomal
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 11(2):330-332.
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Journal Article
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11
Issue:

2
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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