Risk for Pneumocystis carinii transmission among patients with pneumonia: a molecular epidemiology study.


Autoria(s): Manoloff E.S.; Francioli P.; Taffé P.; Van Melle G.; Bille J.; Hauser P.M.
Data(s)

2003

Resumo

We report a molecular typing and epidemiologic analysis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) cases diagnosed in our geographic area from 1990 to 2000. Our analysis suggests that transmission from patients with active PCP to susceptible persons caused only a few, if any, PCP cases in our setting.

Identificador

https://serval.unil.ch/?id=serval:BIB_42985

isbn:1080-6040

pmid:12533297

isiid:000180503300024

http://my.unil.ch/serval/document/BIB_42985.pdf

http://nbn-resolving.org/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_429851

Idioma(s)

en

Direitos

info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Fonte

Emerging infectious diseases, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 132-4

Palavras-Chave #Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Epidemiology, Molecular; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Pneumocystis; Pneumonia, Pneumocystis; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Risk Factors
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article

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