Literature DB >> 18444861

Epidemiology of Pneumocystis colonization in families.

LaShonda Spencer1, Michelle Ukwu, Travis Alexander, Karri Valadez, Lora Liu, Toni Frederick, Andrea Kovacs, Alison Morris.   

Abstract

Whether Pneumocystis colonization is transmitted in families with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected members is unknown. Using nested polymerase chain reaction of oropharyngeal or nasopharyngeal samples, we detected colonization in 11.4% of HIV-infected adults and in 3.3% of their children, but there was no evidence of clustering.

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Year:  2008        PMID: 18444861      PMCID: PMC2613645          DOI: 10.1086/533449

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Clin Infect Dis        ISSN: 1058-4838            Impact factor:   9.079


  21 in total

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2.  Enzymatic amplification of beta-globin genomic sequences and restriction site analysis for diagnosis of sickle cell anemia.

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Journal:  Clin Infect Dis       Date:  2001-03-09       Impact factor: 9.079

4.  Transmission of Pneumocystis carinii DNA from a patient with P. carinii pneumonia to immunocompetent contact health care workers.

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Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2000-04       Impact factor: 5.948

5.  Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis DNA in immunocompetent health care workers in contact with patients with P. carinii pneumonia.

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Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2001-11       Impact factor: 5.948

6.  Association of primary Pneumocystis carinii infection and sudden infant death syndrome.

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Journal:  Clin Infect Dis       Date:  1999-12       Impact factor: 9.079

7.  Transmission of Pneumocystis carinii disease from immunocompetent contacts of infected hosts to susceptible hosts.

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Authors:  Hans Henrik Larsen; Marie-Louise von Linstow; Bettina Lundgren; Birthe Høgh; Henrik Westh; Jens D Lundgren
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10.  Association of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease severity and Pneumocystis colonization.

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Authors:  Alison Morris; Kristina Crothers; James M Beck; Laurence Huang
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4.  Distribution of Pneumocystis jirovecii in lungs from colonized COPD patients.

Authors:  Sheila Sivam; Frank C Sciurba; Lorrie A Lucht; Yingze Zhang; Steven R Duncan; Karen A Norris; Alison Morris
Journal:  Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis       Date:  2011-09       Impact factor: 2.803

Review 5.  Colonization by Pneumocystis jirovecii and its role in disease.

Authors:  Alison Morris; Karen A Norris
Journal:  Clin Microbiol Rev       Date:  2012-04       Impact factor: 26.132

6.  Pneumocystis jirovecii colonization is associated with enhanced Th1 inflammatory gene expression in lungs of humans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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Journal:  BMC Infect Dis       Date:  2010-05-28       Impact factor: 3.090

8.  Detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii by Quantitative PCR To Differentiate Colonization and Pneumonia in Immunocompromised HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Patients.

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9.  Complexity of the MSG gene family of Pneumocystis carinii.

Authors:  Scott P Keely; James R Stringer
Journal:  BMC Genomics       Date:  2009-08-07       Impact factor: 3.969

Review 10.  Pneumocystis jirovecii--from a commensal to pathogen: clinical and diagnostic review.

Authors:  Magdalena Sokulska; Marta Kicia; Maria Wesołowska; Andrzej B Hendrich
Journal:  Parasitol Res       Date:  2015-08-19       Impact factor: 2.289

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