Abstract
We retrospectively investigated 76 patients with cystic fibrosis for the presence of Pneumocystis jirovecii, by performing real-time PCR and nested-PCR assays on 146 archival sputum specimens. P. jirovecii was detected in only 1 patient (1.3%) showing that in our region (Brest, France), the fungus is rarely involved in pulmonary colonization in patients with cystic fibrosis.
Publication types
-
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
-
Adolescent
-
Adult
-
Child
-
Child, Preschool
-
Cohort Studies
-
Cystic Fibrosis / complications*
-
DNA, Fungal / genetics
-
DNA, Fungal / isolation & purification
-
Female
-
France / epidemiology
-
Humans
-
Male
-
Pneumocystis carinii / isolation & purification*
-
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / epidemiology*
-
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / microbiology
-
Polymerase Chain Reaction
-
Prevalence
-
Retrospective Studies
-
Sputum / microbiology
-
Young Adult