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Pneumocystis jirovecii Transmission from Immunocompetent Carriers to Infant [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008 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 findings support P.
Laura Rivero +10 more
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Pneumocystis jirovecii genotypes and granulomatous pneumocystosis
Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses, 2006 This study describes the initial data concerning molecular typing of Pneumocystis jirovecii in a patient having developed granulomatous Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP). Three types, B(1)a(3), B(1)a(4), B(1)b(2), were identified. All three had been described in reports concerning patients with common diffuse alveolar PCP.
Totet, A. +5 more
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Pneumocystis jirovecii infection [PDF]
Thorax, 2004 A review of Pneumocystis and the rationale for renaming it The organism Pneumocystis causes severe pneumonia in individuals with immune systems impaired by HIV, transplantation, malignancy, connective tissue disease, and the treatment thereof. In HIV infected patients it remains a major pathogen in those who are unaware of their HIV serostatus, or who
R, Miller, L, Huang
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Increasing Pneumocystis pneumonia, England, UK, 2000-2010. [PDF]
, 2013 After an increase in the number of reported cases of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in England, we investigated data from 2000-2010 to verify the increase. We analyzed national databases for microbiological and clinical diagnoses of P.
Nichols, Gordon +13 more
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SpellingPneumocystis jirovecii
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009 To the Editor: Our 2002 article in Emerging Infectious Diseases about nomenclature changes for organisms in the genus Pneumocystis (1) has been widely cited and probably will remain a source for persons seeking information about this subject. Therefore, we need to correct an error in 1 of the species names presented in our article and in the 1999 ...
James R. Stringer +2 more
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Molecular Detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii in the Bronchoalveolar Lavage Samples in Patients with Various Pulmonary Disorders(Original Article) [PDF]
Journal of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, 2023 Background: Pneumocystis jirovecii (P. jirovecii) causes Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in people, especially the immunocompromised ones. It is also one of the serious causes of numerous lung problems in affected patients.
Narges Chitsaz +9 more
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Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia induced by low-dose methotrexate in a patient with chronic urticaria [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2017 Methotrexate has immunosuppressive effects and is administered for refractory chronic urticaria. We present a case of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in a patient with refractory chronic urticaria managed by low-dose weekly methotrexate treatment (total
Sheng-Huei Wang +4 more
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Genotypic variation in Pneumocystis jirovecii isolates in Britain
, 2005 Background: Pneumocystis jirovecii is the cause of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in immunosuppressed humans. Asymptomatic colonisation with P jirovecii may occur in patients with minor immunosuppression or chronic lung disease.
Davies, RJ +6 more
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Pneumocystis jirovecii in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis: A Review
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2020 Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) remains the most frequent AIDS-defining illness in developed countries. This infection also occurs in non-AIDS immunosuppressed patients, e.g., those who have undergone an organ transplantation.
Pierre Bonnet +9 more
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