Pneumocystis jirovecii transmission from immunocompetent carriers to infant.
- Rivero, Laura
- Horra, Carmen de la
- Montes-Cano, Marco A
- Rodríguez-Herrera, Alfonso
- Respaldiza, Nieves
- Friaza, Vicente
- Morilla, Rubén
- Gutiérrez, Sonia
- Varela, José M
- Medrano, Francisco J
- Calderón, Enrique J
Publication date
July 2008
DOI Publisher
Atlanta, GA : National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
Case Reports; Journal Article;This research is part of the project “Pneumocystis Pathogenomics: Unravelling the Colonization-to-Disease Shift,” a Coordination Action supported by the European Commission (ERA-NET PathoGenoMics)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.Ye
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