Hypothetical Pneumocystis jirovecii transmission from immunocompetent carriers to infant.(LETTERS)

Emerging Infectious Diseases | March 1, 2009| | Copyright

To the Editor: The recent dispatch article by Rivero et al. reports the transmission of Pneumocystis jirovecii from immunocompetent grandparents to their granddaughter (1). The authors' conclusion was based on 2 facts: the grandparents were carriers but neither the parents nor the child's brother was a carrier, and the P. jirovecii genotype observed in the grandparents was identical to that found in the infant. In our opinion, the data provided by the authors do not support the conclusion that transmission has occurred. First, the 2 markers used for typing show a small number ...

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