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Pneumocystis jiroveci genotypes and primary infection.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 15 May 2003
Totet Anne, Respaldiza Nieves, Pautard Jean-Claude, Raccurt Christian, Nevez Gilles
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This study describes the molecular typing of Pneumocystis jiroveci organisms from 5 nonpremature immunocompetent infants who developed a primary infection. Four P. jiroveci internal transcribed spacer (ITS) types were identified. All have been previously described in reports concerning immunosuppressed adults with pneumocystosis. Present data suggest that identical types can be implicated either in first contact...
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