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

Marwan M. Azar | Zendy; Elizabeth Cohen | Zendy; Liang Ma | Zendy; Ousmane H. Cissé | Zendy; Geliang Gan | Zendy; Yanhong Deng | Zendy; Kristen Belfield | Zendy; William S. Asch | Zendy; Matthew Grant | Zendy; Shana E. Gleeson | Zendy; Alan Koff | Zendy; David C. Gaston | Zendy; Jeffrey Topal | Zendy; Shelly Curran | Zendy; Sanjay Kulkarni | Zendy; Joseph A. Kovacs | Zendy; Maricar Malinis | Zendy

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

Author(s) -

Marwan M. Azar,

Elizabeth Cohen,

Liang Ma,

Ousmane H. Cissé,

Geliang Gan,

Yanhong Deng,

Kristen Belfield,

William S. Asch,

Matthew Grant,

Shana E. Gleeson,

Alan Koff,

David C. Gaston,

Jeffrey Topal,

Shelly Curran,

Sanjay Kulkarni,

Joseph A. Kovacs,

Maricar Malinis

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciab474

Subject(s) - belatacept , medicine , pneumocystis jirovecii , immunosuppression , outbreak , pneumocystis pneumonia , kidney transplantation , transplantation , pneumonia , immunology , virology , kidney transplant

Pneumocystis jirovecii is an opportunistic fungus that causes Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in immunocompromised hosts. Over an 11-month period, we observed a rise in cases of PCP among kidney-transplant recipients (KTR), prompting an outbreak investigation.

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