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Multicenter Study
. 2012 Dec;50(12):4107-10.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01974-12. Epub 2012 Sep 26.

Prospective multicenter study of Pneumocystis jirovecii colonization among cystic fibrosis patients in France

Francisca Hernández-Hernández  1 , Emilie Fréalle, Patrick Caneiro, Julia Salleron, Isabelle Durand-Joly, Isabelle Accoceberry, Jean-Philippe Bouchara, Benoit Wallaert, Eduardo Dei-Cas, Laurence Delhaes
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Multicenter Study

Prospective multicenter study of Pneumocystis jirovecii colonization among cystic fibrosis patients in France

Francisca Hernández-Hernández et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Dec.

Abstract

Pneumocystis carriage was detected in 12.5% of 104 cystic fibrosis (CF) patients during a prospective multicenter French study, with a prevalence of genotype 85C/248C and geographic variations. It was significantly associated with the absence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization and a greater forced expiratory volume in 1 s. Results are discussed considering the natural history of CF.

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Distribution of P. jirovecii mtLSU rRNA genotypes (G1 to G3) in French CF patients according to the geographic origins of the patients.
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