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An outbreak of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia with 1 predominant genotype among renal transplant recipients: interhuman transmission or a common environmental source?
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 May 2007
de Boer Mark G J, Bruijnesteijn van Coppenraet Lesla E S, Gaasbeek Andre, Berger Stefan P, Gelinck Luc B S, van Houwelingen Hans C, van den Broek Peterhans, Kuijper Ed J, Kroon Frank P, Vandenbroucke Jan P
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BACKGROUND: An outbreak of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP) occurred among renal transplant recipients attending the outpatient department at the Leiden University Medical Centre (Leiden, The Netherlands) from 1 March 2005 through 1 February 2006. Clinical, epidemiological, and molecular data were analyzed to trace the outbreak's origin. METHODS: Renal transplant recipients with a clinical suspected...
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