Epidemiology of Pneumocystis colonization in families

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Apr 15;46(8):1237-40. doi: 10.1086/533449.

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / statistics & numerical data
  • Los Angeles / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Nasopharynx / microbiology
  • Pneumocystis / genetics
  • Pneumocystis / growth & development*
  • Pneumocystis Infections / epidemiology
  • Pneumocystis Infections / transmission*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction