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- Title
Pneumocystis jirovecii Transmission from Immunocompetent Carriers to Infant.
- Authors
Rivero, Laura; de la Horra, Carmen; A. Montes-Cano, Marco; Rodríguez-Herrera, Alfonso; Respaldiza, Nieves; Friaza, Vicente; Morilla, Rubén; Gutiérrez, Sonia; Varela, José M.; Medrano, Francisco J.; Calderón, Enrique J.
- Abstract
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 adults to a susceptible child.
- Subjects
PNEUMOCYSTIS carinii; GENETIC disorders; GENETIC polymorphisms; GRANDPARENT-grandchild relationships; INFECTIOUS disease transmission; CARRIER state (Communicable diseases)
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008, Vol 14, Issue 7, p1116
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1407.071431