Genetic and Epidemiologic Analyses of an Outbreak of Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Among Kidney Transplant Recipients in the United States

Resource type
Journal Article
Authors/contributors
Title
Genetic and Epidemiologic Analyses of an Outbreak of Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Among Kidney Transplant Recipients in the United States
Abstract
In a Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP) outbreak among 19 kidney-transplant recipients in the United States, strain genotyping suggested coinfection and interhuman transmission of multiple P. jiroveci strains. Belatacept was a risk factor for PCP, potentially via increased clinic exposure.
Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Date
2021-5-21
Volume
74
Issue
4
Pages
639-647
Journal Abbr
Clin Infect Dis
Accessed
6/6/22, 12:23 PM
ISSN
1058-4838
Library Catalog
PubMed Central
Extra
PMID: 34017984 PMCID: PMC9012955
Citation
Azar, M. M., Cohen, E., Ma, L., Cissé, O. H., Gan, G., Deng, Y., Belfield, K., Asch, W., Grant, M., Gleeson, S., Koff, A., Gaston, D. C., Topal, J., Curran, S., Kulkarni, S., Kovacs, J. A., & Malinis, M. (2021). Genetic and Epidemiologic Analyses of an Outbreak of Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Among Kidney Transplant Recipients in the United States. Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 74(4), 639–647. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab474