Diversity of Pneumocystis jirovecii Across Europe: A Multicentre Observational Study

Diversity of Pneumocystis jirovecii Across Europe: A Multicentre Observational Study

Pneumocystis jirovecii is an airborne human-specific ascomycetous fungus responsible for Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in immunocompromised patients, affecting >500,000 patients per year (www.gaffi.org). The understanding of its epidemiology is limited by the lack of standardised culture. Recent g...

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Main Authors: Alexandre Alanio, Maud Gits-Muselli, Nicolas Guigue, Marie Desnos-Ollivier, Enrique J. Calderon, David Di Cave, Damien Dupont, Axel Hamprecht, Philippe M. Hauser, Jannik Helweg-Larsen, Marta Kicia, Katrien Lagrou, Martina Lengerova, Olga Matos, Willem J.G. Melchers, Florent Morio, Gilles Nevez, Anne Totet, Lewis P. White, Stéphane Bretagne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-08-01
Series:EBioMedicine
Subjects:
Pneumocystis jirovecii
Genotyping
Europe
Transmission
Mixed infection
MLS typing
Microsatellites
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396417302621

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