Pneumocystis jirovecii genetic diversity in a Spanish tertiary hospital.

Lidia Goterris Lana Pasic Mercedes Guerrero Murillo Alex Kan Andres Anton Juan Aguilar Isabel Ruiz-Camps Wieland Meyer María Teresa Martin-Gómez

Published in: Medical mycology (2022)

A newly described MLST scheme aims at providing a standardized tool to study and compare Pneumocystis jirovecii epidemiology. A high diversity among P. jirovecii isolates from patients in Barcelona, Spain, and a potential association between specific STs and infection/colonization were identified.

Keyphrases

genetic diversity
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
risk factors
risk assessment