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Long-lasting cluster of nosocomial pneumonia with a single Pneumocystis jirovecii genotype involving different organ allograft recipients.
Clinical transplantation - 1 Dec 2020
Hosseini-Moghaddam Seyed M, Dufresne Philippe J, Hunter Gutierrez Elaine, Dufresne Simon F, House Andrew A, Humar Atul, Kumar Deepali, Jevnikar Anthony M
Abstract excerpt
Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) outbreaks may occur in solid organ transplant (SOT) patients. Transmissibility of Pneumocystis jirovecii among SOT and non-SOT patients has not been investigated. Ten SOT (ie, 4 heart, 4 kidney, 2 liver allograft recipients) and 11 non-SOT (ie, 7 HIV-infected, 3 hematologic malignancies, and 1 stem cell transplant) patients with PCP were admitted to London Health Sciences Center...
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