An outbreak of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia with 1 predominant genotype among renal transplant recipients: interhuman transmission or a common environmental source?

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on March 26, 2007

Authors

Mark G J de Boer1, Lesla E S Bruijnesteijn van Coppenraet, Andre Gaasbeek, Stefan P Berger, Luc B S Gelinck, Hans C van Houwelingen, Peterhans van den Broek, Ed J Kuijper, Frank P Kroon, Jan P Vandenbroucke

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Infectious Diseases, Centre for Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands. M.G.J.de_Boer@lumc.nl

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