Volume 11, Number 2, February 2005

Outbreak of Pneumocystis Pneumonia in Pediatric Renal Transplant Unit

Britta Höcker,* Constanze Wendt,† Aimable Nahimana,‡ Burkhard Tönshoff,* and Philippe M. Hauser‡
*University Children's Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany; †Hygiene Institute Heidelberg, Germany; and ‡University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Figure. Course of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in 3 pediatric renal transplant recipients and 1 infant suffering from a yet-unclassified mitochondriopathy. R, acute rejection episode; RTx, renal transplantation; ↓, contact; #, ,joint holiday; >, start of PCP symptoms; ▬, hospitalization; X, diagnosis of PCP; D, death.

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