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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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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author Höcker, Britta
Wendt, Constanze
Nahimana, Aimable
Tönshoff, Burkhard
Hauser, Philippe M.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-33204622012-04-20 Molecular Evidence of Pneumocystis Transmission in Pediatric Transplant Unit Höcker, Britta Wendt, Constanze Nahimana, Aimable Tönshoff, Burkhard Hauser, Philippe M. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3320462/ /pubmed/15752458 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1102.040820 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Molecular Evidence of Pneumocystis Transmission in Pediatric Transplant Unit
title Molecular Evidence of Pneumocystis Transmission in Pediatric Transplant Unit
title_full Molecular Evidence of Pneumocystis Transmission in Pediatric Transplant Unit
title_fullStr Molecular Evidence of Pneumocystis Transmission in Pediatric Transplant Unit
title_full_unstemmed Molecular Evidence of Pneumocystis Transmission in Pediatric Transplant Unit
title_short Molecular Evidence of Pneumocystis Transmission in Pediatric Transplant Unit
title_sort molecular evidence of pneumocystis transmission in pediatric transplant unit
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url 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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