The occurrence of Pneumocystis jirovecii in people from three different age groups of Warsaw (Poland) community

The three age groups of people from Warsaw: children, young adults and elderly people were examined for the prevalence of infection with Pneumocystis jirovecii . Nested PCR was used to amplify fragment of mitochondrial large subunit rRNA of the fungus in samples of oropharyngeal swabs. Nineteen (12....

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Published in:Acta parasitologica 2008-03, Vol.53 (1), p.106-109
Main Authors: Gołąb, Elżbieta, Sadkowska-Todys, Małgorzata, Szkoda, Marek T., Dzbeński, Tadeusz H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
age groups
Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
Bacteria
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Children
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
Ecology
Fungi
Geriatrics
Infections
Medical Microbiology
Men
Microbiology
Mitochondria
Older people
Original Paper
Parasitology
Pneumocystis
Pneumocystis jirovecii
prevalence
rRNA
Young adults
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Summary:The three age groups of people from Warsaw: children, young adults and elderly people were examined for the prevalence of infection with Pneumocystis jirovecii . Nested PCR was used to amplify fragment of mitochondrial large subunit rRNA of the fungus in samples of oropharyngeal swabs. Nineteen (12.8%) of the 148 examined samples were positive for DNA of P. jirovecii . The samples collected from children were more often positive than the samples from young adults (p = 0.003) or from both groups of adults (p = 0.0029). Moreover, among adults (n = 99) proportion of infected women (n = 6; 12.5%) was significantly higher than men (n = 1; 2%). Results of the research confirm the high prevalence of Pneumocystis infection in children and indirectly point out to children as a possible source of infection for older people.
ISSN:1230-2821
1896-1851
DOI:10.2478/s11686-008-0003-1