Gal Solène Le, Héry-Arnaud Geneviève, Ramel Sophie, Virmaux Michèle, Damiani Céline, Totet Anne, Nevez Gilles
Faculté de Médecine, Université Européenne de Bretagne, Université de Brest, LUBEM-EA 3882, IFR 148, Brest, France.
Scand J Infect Dis. 2010 Mar;42(3):225-7. doi: 10.3109/00365540903447000.
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.
我们通过对146份存档痰液标本进行实时PCR和巢式PCR检测,回顾性调查了76例囊性纤维化患者是否存在耶氏肺孢子菌。仅在1例患者(1.3%)中检测到耶氏肺孢子菌,这表明在我们所在地区(法国布雷斯特),该真菌在囊性纤维化患者的肺部定植中很少涉及。