Outbreak of Pneumocystis Pneumonia in Renal and Liver Transplant Patients Caused by Genotypically Distinct Strains of Pneumocystis jirovecii

Andreas A Rostved, Monica Sassi, Jørgen A L Kurtzhals, Søren Schwartz Sørensen, Allan Rasmussen, Christian Ross, Emile Gogineni, Charles Huber, Geetha Kutty, Joseph A Kovacs, Jannik Helweg-Larsen

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Abstract

An outbreak of 29 cases of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) occurred among renal and liver transplant recipients (RTR and LTR) in the largest Danish transplantation centre between 2007 and 2010, when routine PCP prophylaxis was not used.
Original languageEnglish
JournalTransplantation
Volume96
Issue number9
Pages (from-to)834-42
Number of pages9
ISSN0041-1337
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Nov 2013

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