Molecular evidence of Pneumocystis jirovecii reinfection in a haemato-oncology patient.
For many years Pneumocystis pneumonia was thought to be caused by the reactivation of a latent infection, but several studies have demonstrated that Pneumocystis jirovecii infection can be acquired de novo. On the basis of our results obtained from a patient with recurrent pneumocystosis, we support the hypothesis that recurrent episodes are caused by reinfection.
Department of Tropical Medicine, Hospital Bulovka, Prague, Czech Republic.
Ivana
I
Zicklerova
Magdalena
M
Uzlikova
Eva
E
Nohynkova
D005800:Genes, Fungal; D019337:Hematologic Neoplasms / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D045363:Pneumocystis carinii / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics; D000077278:RNA, Mitochondrial; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012008:Recurrence
D000077278:RNA, Mitochondrial; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012313:RNA