Pneumocystis transmission;Transmission de Pneumocystis

Journal de Mycologie Medicale

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 276-284

  Chabe M ^a   Nevez, G ^a   Totet, A ^b   Frealle E ^a   Delhaes, L ^a   Aliouat, E M ^a   Dei Cas, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BREST   (France)

^b AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Airborne transmission; Anthroponosis; Epidemiology; Pneumocystis jirovecii; Pneumocystis spp.; Transplacental transmission

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE INFECTION; CONGENITAL INFECTION; FETUS LUNG; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 1; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

FUNGI; MAMMALIA; MUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 71049146318     PISSN: 11565233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2009.09.001     Document Type: Review

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