Molecular Evidence of Pneumocystis Transmission in Pediatric Transplant Unit

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 su...

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Autores principales: Höcker, Britta, Wendt, Constanze, Nahimana, Aimable, Tönshoff, Burkhard, Hauser, Philippe M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3320462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15752458
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1102.040820

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3320462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15752458
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1102.040820

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