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Pneumocystis jirovecii Exhalation in the Course of Pneumocystis Pneumonia Treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 March 2018

Laurence Pougnet ,
Anne Grall ,
Marie-Christine Moal ,
Richard Pougnet ,
Yohann Le Govic ,
Steven Négri ,
Gilles Nevez  and
Solène Le Gal
Laurence Pougnet*
Affiliation:
Groupe d’Étude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène (GEIHP, EA 3142), Université de Bretagne Loire, Brest, France Hôpital d’Instruction des Armées Clermont-Tonnerre, Brest, France
Anne Grall
Affiliation:
Service de Néphrologie, CHRU de Brest, Brest, France
Marie-Christine Moal
Affiliation:
Service de Néphrologie, CHRU de Brest, Brest, France
Richard Pougnet
Affiliation:
Centre de Recherche de Pathologies Professionnelles et Environnementales, CHRU de Brest, Brest, France Centre Atlantique de Philosophie (CAPHI), Université de Bretagne Loire, Brest, France
Yohann Le Govic
Affiliation:
Groupe d’Étude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène (GEIHP, EA 3142), Université de Bretagne Loire, Angers, France
Steven Négri
Affiliation:
Groupe d’Étude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène (GEIHP, EA 3142), Université de Bretagne Loire, Brest, France
Gilles Nevez
Affiliation:
Groupe d’Étude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène (GEIHP, EA 3142), Université de Bretagne Loire, Brest, France Laboratoire de Mycologie et Parasitologie, CHRU de Brest, Brest, France.
Solène Le Gal*
Affiliation:
Groupe d’Étude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène (GEIHP, EA 3142), Université de Bretagne Loire, Brest, France Laboratoire de Mycologie et Parasitologie, CHRU de Brest, Brest, France.
*
Address correspondence to Solène Le Gal, Laboratoire de Mycologie-Parasitologie, CHRU de Brest, 29609, Brest, France (solene.legal@univ-brest.fr) or Laurence Pougnet, Laboratoire de biologie médicale, Hôpital d’Instruction des Armées Clermont-Tonnerre, rue Colonel Fonferrier, 29240 Brest, France (laurence.di-costanzo@intradef.gouv.fr).
Address correspondence to Solène Le Gal, Laboratoire de Mycologie-Parasitologie, CHRU de Brest, 29609, Brest, France (solene.legal@univ-brest.fr) or Laurence Pougnet, Laboratoire de biologie médicale, Hôpital d’Instruction des Armées Clermont-Tonnerre, rue Colonel Fonferrier, 29240 Brest, France (laurence.di-costanzo@intradef.gouv.fr).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 39 , Issue 5 , May 2018 , pp. 627 - 630
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© 2018 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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