Risk for Pneumocystis carinii Transmission among Patients with Pneumonia: a Molecular Epidemiology Study

We report a molecular typing and epidemiologic analysis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) cases diagnosed in our geographic area from 1990 to 2000. Our analysis suggests that transmission from patients with active PCP to susceptible persons caused only a few, if any, PCP cases in our setting.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Manoloff, Elodie Senggen, Francioli, Patrick, Taffé, Patrick, van Melle, Guy, Bille, Jacques, Hauser, Philippe M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2873751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12533297
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0901.020141
Descripción
Sumario:We report a molecular typing and epidemiologic analysis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) cases diagnosed in our geographic area from 1990 to 2000. Our analysis suggests that transmission from patients with active PCP to susceptible persons caused only a few, if any, PCP cases in our setting.

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