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An epidemic of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in a renal transplantation center: role of T-cell lymphopenia.
Transplantation proceedings - 1 Nov 2012
Brunot V, Pernin V, Chartier C, Garrigue V, Vetromile F, Szwarc I, Delmas S, Portalès P, Basset D, Mourad G
Abstract excerpt
Although only 2 cases of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia were observed in our center between 2004 and 2009, we diagnosed 9 cases in 2010. Each patient had been in contact in the hospital with at least 1 other patient suffering P jiroveci pneumonia. Genotyping of P jiroveci pneumonia strains demonstrates a total homogeneity of the DNA sequences in the 7 patients already analyzed. CD4+ lymphocyte count was...
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