Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jul 2008)

Pneumocystis jirovecii Transmission from Immunocompetent Carriers to Infant

  • Laura Rivero,
  • Carmen de la Horra,
  • Marco A. Montes-Cano,
  • Alfonso Rodríguez-Herrera,
  • Nieves Respaldiza,
  • Vicente Friaza,
  • Rubén Morilla,
  • Sonia Gutiérrez,
  • José M. Varela,
  • Francisco J. Medrano,
  • Enrique J. Calderón

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1407.071431
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 7
pp. 1116 – 1118

Abstract

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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.

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