Antecedentes: Pneumocystis jirovecii es un hongo atípico, ubicuo, con tropismo pulmonar y gran estenoxenismo cuya principal vía de transmisión es aérea. Se considera un patógeno oportunista que causa neumonía grave en pacientes inmunodeprimidos, habiendo sido ampliamente investigado en el contexto de la infección por VIH. La utilización de...
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May 2, 2018 (v1)PublicationUploaded on: December 4, 2022
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February 27, 2015 (v1)Publication
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February 2, 2015 (v1)Publication
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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