Pneumocystis jirovecii transmission from immunocompetent carriers to infant

Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Jul;14(7):1116-8. doi: 10.3201/eid1407.071431.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carrier State / diagnosis
  • Carrier State / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunocompetence
  • Infant
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumocystis carinii / isolation & purification*
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / immunology
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / transmission*