Pneumocystis jirovecii ITS and DHPS genotypes were identified in 3 patient groups developing diverse forms of P. jirovecii infections: 13 patients with Pneumocystis pneumonia, 8 patients merely colonized by the fungus, and 19 immunocompetent infants with bronchiolitis developing mild P. jirovecii infection. Common P. jirovecii genotypes were found in the 3 patient groups, suggesting that common sources of P. jirovecii were involved in the fungus acquisition, and that transmission cycles of P. jirovecii infections in these patient groups are not independent. Parasitized patients, whatever the form of parasitism they present, may be part of a common reservoir for P. jirovecii.
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Multilocus Genotyping of Pneumocystis jirovecii in Patients Developing Diverse Forms of Parasitism: Implication for a Wide Human Reservoir for the Fungus
ANNE TOTET,
SOPHIE LATOUCHE,
HYACINTHE DUWAT,
ELINE MAGOIS,
PHILIPPE LACUBE,
JEAN-CLAUDE PAUTARD,
JEAN-LUC SCHMIT,
VINCENT JOUNIEAUX,
PATRICIA ROUX,
CHRISTIAN RACCURT,
GILLES NEVEZ
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The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology
Vol. 50 • No. 6
November 2003
Vol. 50 • No. 6
November 2003