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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1996 The authors studied 58 infants hospitalized for pneumonia in a semi-intensive care unit. Age ranged from 1 complete to 6 incomplete months. The infants were sent from another hospital in 20 cases and from home in a further 38.
Bernardo Ejzenberg +5 more
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Risk factors for drug resistant tuberculosis in Leicestershire - poor adherence to treatment remains an important cause of resistance [PDF]
, 2013 In the light of rising numbers of tuberculosis (TB) cases in the United Kingdom, the problem of anti-tubercular drug resistance remains a significant concern.
Hayward, AC +3 more
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Parasite, 2008 It has been suggested that patients with pulmonary surfactant impairment are more susceptible to Pneumocystis infection than healthy controls. Owing the fact that most patients with pulmonary surfactant impairment also suffer from hypoxia, we explored ...
Vives M.F. +6 more
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Sterol biosynthesis and sterol uptake in the fungal pathogen Pneumocystis carinii.
FEMS Microbiology Letters, 2010 Members of the fungal genus Pneumocystis colonize healthy mammalian hosts without causing apparent disease, but colonization in immunocompromised hosts may result in a potentially fatal pneumonia known as Pneumocystis pneumonia. Although Pneumocystis are
Tiffany M. Joffrion, M. Cushion
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Comparative genomics suggests that the fungal pathogen pneumocystis is an obligate parasite scavenging amino acids from its host's lungs. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 Pneumocystis jirovecii is a fungus causing severe pneumonia in immuno-compromised patients. Progress in understanding its pathogenicity and epidemiology has been hampered by the lack of a long-term in vitro culture method.
Philippe M Hauser +6 more
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Sulfa Resistance and Dihydropteroate Synthase Mutants in Recurrent Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003 Failure of sulfa or sulfone prophylaxis is associated with mutations in Pneumocystis carinii gene coding for dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS). The DHPS genotype was analyzed in AIDS patients who had two separate episodes of P. carinii pneumonia.
Aimable Nahimana +6 more
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Regional and temporal changes in AIDS in Europe before HAART [PDF]
, 2002 In a prospective observational study 4485 patients from 46 clinical centres in 17 European countries were followed between April 1994 and November 1996.
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New England Journal of Medicine, 1990 We assessed the risk of pneumonia due to Pneumocystis carinii in 1665 participants in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study who were seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) but did not have the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS ...
J. Phair +5 more
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The unmasking of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia during reversal of immunosuppression: Case reports and literature review [PDF]
, 2004 Background: Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP) is an important opportunistic infection among immunosuppressed patients, especially in those infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The clinical presentation of PCP in immunosuppressed patients
A Sing +46 more
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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1990 The goal of this study was to evaluate inhaled pentamidine for the treatment of patients with mild and moderate Pneumocystis carinii pneumonitis. Eight adults with AIDS and pneumocystis pneumonia (4 with a first episode and 4 with a repeat pneumocystosis)
Adriana Weinberg +5 more
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