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A cluster of Pneumocystis infections among renal transplant recipients: molecular evidence of colonized patients as potential infectious sources of Pneumocystis jirovecii.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Apr 2012
Le Gal Solène, Damiani Céline, Rouillé Amélie, Grall Anne, Tréguer Laetitia, Virmaux Michèle, Moalic Elodie, Quinio Dorothée, Moal Marie-Christine, Berthou Christian, Saliou Philippe, Le Meur Yann, Totet Anne, Nevez Gilles
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BACKGROUND: Eighteen renal transplant recipients (RTRs) developed Pneumocystis jirovecii infections at the renal transplantation unit of Brest University Hospital (Brest, Brittany, France) from May 2008 through April 2010, whereas no cases of P. jirovecii infection had been diagnosed in this unit...
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