Pneumocystis jirovecii Transmission from Immunocompetent Carriers to Infant
- Laura Rivero
- Carmen de la Horra
- Marco A. Montes-Cano
- Alfonso Rodríguez-Herrera
- Nieves Respaldiza
- Vicente Friaza
- Rubén Morilla
- Sonia Gutiérrez
- José M. Varela
- Francisco J. Medrano
- Enrique J. Calderón
Publication date
July 2008
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
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
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