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Investigation of nosocomial pneumocystis infections: usefulness of longitudinal screening of epidemic and post-epidemic pneumocystis genotypes.
The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Jul 2018
Nevez G, Le Gal S, Noel N, Wynckel A, Huguenin A, Le Govic Y, Pougnet L, Virmaux M, Toubas D, Bajolet O
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Twenty-five patients, of whom 22 were renal transplant recipients, developed Pneumocystis jirovecii infections at the nephrology department of Reims University Hospital (France) from September 2008 to October 2009, whereas only four sporadic cases had been diagnosed in this department over the 14 previous years. AIM: This outbreak was investigated by analysing patient encounters and P. jirovecii...
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