Risk for Pneumocystis carinii transmission among patients with pneumonia: a molecular epidemiology study.
We report a molecular typing and epidemiologic analysis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) cases diagnosed in our geographic area from 1990 to 2000. Our analysis suggests that transmission from patients with active PCP to susceptible persons caused only a few, if any, PCP cases in our setting.
Manoloff
Elodie Senggen
ES
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Francioli
Patrick
P
Taffé
Patrick
P
Van Melle
Guy
G
Bille
Jacques
J
Hauser
Philippe M
PM
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D011010:Pneumocystis / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012307:Risk Factors