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Nosocomial Pneumocystis jirovecii infections

Parasite, 2008
Airborne transmission of Pneumocystis sp. from host to host has been demonstrated in rodent models and several observations suggest that interindividual transmission occurs in humans.
Nevez G., Chabé M., Rabodonirina M., Virmaux M., Dei-Cas E., Hauser P.M., Totet A.   +6 more
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Microarray studies on effects of Pneumocystis carinii infection on global gene expression in alveolar macrophages

BMC Microbiology, 2010
Background Pneumocystis pneumonia is a common opportunistic disease in AIDS patients. The alveolar macrophage is an important effector cell in the clearance of Pneumocystis organisms by phagocytosis.
Liao Chung-Ping, Xuei Xiaoling, Liu Yunlong, Cheng Bi-Hua, Lu Debao, Lasbury Mark E, Durant Pamela J, Lee Chao-Hung   +7 more
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Serum-based diagnosis of Pneumocystis pneumonia by detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii DNA and 1,3-β-D-glucan in HIV-infected patients: a retrospective case control study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) is one of the most common HIV-related opportunistic infections. The diagnosis of PCP is based on analyses from respiratory tract specimens which may require the invasive procedure of a diagnostic ...
Helena Hammarström, Anna Grankvist, Isabell Broman, Nahid Kondori, Christine Wennerås, Magnus Gisslen, Vanda Friman   +6 more
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Pneumocystis pneumonia.

South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde, 2000
No Abstract.
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Ventilator-associated Pneumonia After Elective Cardiac Surgery Caused by Pneumocystis Jirovecii [PDF]

, 2014
Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a severe complication among patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Although hospital-acquired bacterial pathogens, often multidrug resistant, are the most frequent cause, non-bacterial atypical and opportunistic agents ...
Cifuentes, M, Miller, RF, Silva, F, Tobar, E, Vargas, SL, Zamorano, A   +5 more
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Integrating tuberculosis and HIV services in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.

, 2012
OBJECTIVES: Given the imperative to scale up integrated tuberculosis (TB) and HIV services in settings where both are of major public health importance, we aimed to synthesise knowledge concerning implementation of TB/HIV service integration.
Atun, Briggs, Dixon-Woods, Dong, Gandhi, Gunneberg, Harris, Hausler, Laserson, Levin, Maher, Martinot, Micek, Miti, Moher, Ramachandran, Shakarishvilli, Shetty, Shrestha, Ssemafumu, Sutton, Terris-Prestholt, The World Bank Group, Thomas, USAID, Uyei, Van Rie, Vassall, Vijay, Wandwalo, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, Zachariah   +36 more
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Tuberculosis in Malta : a case for sputum induction [PDF]

, 2013
Sputum induction is a procedure used to help patients expectorate samples of sputum for laboratory analysis. It is a simple, safe and standardised procedure which may avoid the use of more invasive and potentially harmful interventions such as fibreoptic
Farrugia, Brian
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Primary infection by Pneumocystis induces Notch-independent Clara cell mucin production in rat distal airways.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Clara cells are the main airway secretory cells able to regenerate epithelium in the distal airways through transdifferentiating into goblet cells, a process under negative regulation of the Notch pathway.
Andrea Méndez, Diego A Rojas, Carolina A Ponce, Rebeca Bustamante, Caroll J Beltrán, Jorge Toledo, Victor A García-Angulo, Mauricio Henriquez, Sergio L Vargas   +8 more
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Death after transplantation. An analysis of sixty cases [PDF]

, 1967
Dahrling, BE, Hill, RB, Rifkind, D, Starzl, TE   +3 more
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Pneumocystis jiroveci (formerly Pneumocystis carinii) [PDF]

American Journal of Transplantation, 2004
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