title: Pneumocystis jirovecii transmission from immunocompetent carriers to infant.
abstract: We report a case of Pneumocystis jirovecii transmission from colonized grandparents to their infant granddaughter. Genotyping of P. jirovecii showed the same genotypes in samples from the infant and her grandparents. These findings support P. jirovecii transmission from immunocompetent carrier adults to a susceptible child.
authors.affiliation: Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Seville, Spain.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rivero
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de la Horra
authors.forename: Marco A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Montes-Cano
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Herrera
authors.forename: Nieves
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Respaldiza
authors.forename: Vicente
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Friaza
authors.forename: Rubén
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morilla
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Varela
authors.forename: Francisco J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Medrano
authors.forename: Enrique J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Calderón
mesh_terms: D002353:Carrier State / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D045363:Pneumocystis carinii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000276:immunology / Q000635:transmission*