title: Risk for Pneumocystis carinii transmission among patients with pneumonia: a molecular epidemiology study.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Elodie Senggen
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Manoloff
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Francioli
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Taffé
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Van Melle
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bille
authors.forename: Philippe M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Hauser
mesh_terms: 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