Possible Nosocomial transmission of Pneumocystis jirovecii

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 877-878

  Damiani, Céline ^a,b   Choukri, Firas ^c   le Gal, Solène ^d,e   Menotti, Jean ^c   Sarfati, Claudine ^c   Nevez, Gilles ^d,e   Derouin, Francis ^c   Totet, Anne ^a,b  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^c SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; SULFONAMIDE;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE INFECTION; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG LAVAGE; MIXED INFECTION; MUTANT; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

CROSS INFECTION; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MUTATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS;

EID: 84859872346     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1805.111432     Document Type: Letter

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