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Outbreaks of Pneumocystis Pneumonia in 2 Renal Transplant Centers Linked to a Single Strain of Pneumocystis: Implications for Transmission and Virulence

Sassi, Monica ; Ripamonti, Chiara ; Mueller, Nicolas J. ; Yazaki, Hirohisa ; Kutty, Geetha ; Ma, Liang ; Huber, Charles ; Gogineni, Emile ; Oka, Shinichi ; Goto, Norihiko ; Fehr, Thomas ; Gianella, Sara ; Konrad, Regina ; Sing, Andreas ; Kovacs, Joseph A.

In: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2012, vol. 54, no. 10, p. 1437-1444

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    Titre
    • Outbreaks of Pneumocystis Pneumonia in 2 Renal Transplant Centers Linked to a Single Strain of Pneumocystis: Implications for Transmission and Virulence
    Auteur
    • Sassi, Monica. Critical Care Medicine Department, and
    • Ripamonti, Chiara. Critical Care Medicine Department, and
    • Mueller, Nicolas J.. Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
    • Yazaki, Hirohisa. AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo
    • Kutty, Geetha. Critical Care Medicine Department, and
    • Ma, Liang. Critical Care Medicine Department, and
    • Huber, Charles. Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
    • Gogineni, Emile. Critical Care Medicine Department, and
    • Oka, Shinichi. AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo
    • Goto, Norihiko. Department of Transplant and Endocrine Surgery, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Japan
    • Fehr, Thomas. Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
    • Gianella, Sara. Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
    • Konrad, Regina. Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority (Bavarian LGL), Oberschleissheim, Germany
    • Sing, Andreas. Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority (Bavarian LGL), Oberschleissheim, Germany
    • Kovacs, Joseph A.. Critical Care Medicine Department, and
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2012, vol. 54, no. 10, p. 1437-1444. Oxford University Press
    Autre version électronique
    Classification
    • Santé
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:297024
    Summary
    By restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis, 2 outbreaks of Pneumocystis pneumonia in renal transplant patients in Europe were shown to be caused by the same strain of Pneumocystis; another outbreak in Japan was caused by a different strain