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Diffusion of Pneumocystis jirovecii in the surrounding air of patients with Pneumocystis colonization: frequency and putative risk factors.
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Medical mycology [Med Mycol] 2017 Jul 01; Vol. 55 (5), pp. 568-572. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- In a prospective bicentric study, Pneumocystis jirovecii excretion and diffusion was explored in air samples collected in the rooms occupied by 17 Pneumocystis-colonized patients. P. jirovecii DNA was detected by real-time PCR in the air collected from 3 patients' rooms (17.6%), with identical genotypes in corresponding clinical and air samples. Pneumocystis DNA was detected for 2/3 patients with autoimmune disease treated with corticosteroids versus 1/6 patients with hematologic disease and 0/5 kidney transplant recipients. These data confirm the possible excretion of the fungus by Pneumocystis-colonized patients and thus bring additional arguments for the prevention of airborne transmission in hospital wards.<br /> (© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The International Society for Human and Animal Mycology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
- Subjects :
- Adult
Aged
Cross Infection microbiology
DNA, Fungal genetics
DNA, Fungal isolation & purification
Female
Genotype
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Male
Middle Aged
Pneumocystis carinii genetics
Prospective Studies
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Risk Factors
Young Adult
Air Microbiology
Cross Infection transmission
Pneumocystis carinii isolation & purification
Pneumocystis carinii physiology
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis microbiology
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis transmission
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1460-2709
- Volume :
- 55
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Medical mycology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 27811179
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mmy/myw113