title: Prospective multicenter study of Pneumocystis jirovecii colonization among cystic fibrosis patients in France.
abstract: Pneumocystis carriage was detected in 12.5% of 104 cystic fibrosis (CF) patients during a prospective multicenter French study, with a prevalence of genotype 85C/248C and geographic variations. It was significantly associated with the absence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization and a greater forced expiratory volume in 1 s. Results are discussed considering the natural history of CF.
authors.affiliation: Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille (CIIL), Institut Pasteur de Lille, Biology and Diversity of Emerging Eukaryotic Pathogens (BDEEP, EA4547), Lille, France.
authors.forename: Francisca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hernández-Hernández
authors.forename: Emilie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fréalle
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Caneiro
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salleron
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Durand-Joly
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Accoceberry
authors.forename: Jean-Philippe
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bouchara
authors.forename: Benoit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wallaert
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dei-Cas
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Delhaes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D058889:Molecular Typing; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D016720:Pneumocystis Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D045363:Pneumocystis carinii / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult