Pneumocystis jirovecii transmission from Immunocompetent carriers to infant
2008
Medrano Ortega, Francisco Javier | Varela Aguilar, José Manuel | Horra Padilla, Carmen de la | Respaldiza Salas, Nieves | Calderón Sandubete, Enrique José | Montes Cano, Marco Antonio | Rivero Rivero, Laura | Gutiérrez Rivero, Sonia | Friaza Patiño, Vicente | Rodríguez Herrera, Alfonso | Morilla Romero de la Osa, Rubén | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Medicina | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular
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 fi ndings support P. jirovecii transmission from immunocompetent carrier adults to a susceptible child.
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