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Clinical characteristics of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in hemodialysis patients [PDF]

Frontiers in Medicine
BackgroundLimited research exists on Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) in hemodialysis (HD) patients. This retrospective study aimed to compare clinical features and outcomes of PJP in HD and non-HD patients.MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed 10 HD ...
Na Young Kim, Na Young Kim, So Jeong Kim, So Jeong Kim, Yohwan Yeo, Taehee Kim, Taehee Kim, Ji-Young Park, Ji-Young Park, Jeong-Hee Choi, Jeong-Hee Choi, Chang Youl Lee, Chang Youl Lee, Soo Jie Chung, Soo Jie Chung, Junghyun Kim, Junghyun Kim   +16 more
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A New Name for Pneumocystis from Humans and New Perspectives on the Host-Pathogen Relationship

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002
The disease known as Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) is a major cause of illness and death in persons with impaired immune systems. While the genus Pneumocystis has been known to science for nearly a century, understanding of its members remained ...
James R. Stringer, Charles B. Beard, Robert F. Miller, Ann E. Wakefield   +3 more
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DETECTION OF PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII (JIROVECI) FROM IRAQI PATIENTS WITH LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS

The Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016
Background: Pneumocystis carinii is one of the rare fungi which cause pneumonia in immunocompromised patients. It is important to detect the fungus from the clinical specimens of suspected patients by laboratory tests. Objective:To identify Pneumocystis
Manahil M. Yehia, Zainalabideen A. Abdulla   +1 more
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Detection of Pneumocystis DNA in samples from patients suspected of bacterial pneumonia- a case-control study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2002
Background Pneumocystis jiroveci (formerly known as P. carinii f.sp. hominis) is an opportunistic fungus that causes Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in immunocompromised individuals. Pneumocystis jiroveci can be detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
Benfield Thomas L, Dohn Birthe, Jensen Jørgen, Helweg-Larsen Jannik, Lundgren Bettina   +4 more
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Comprehensive and definitive structural identities of Pneumocystis carinii sterols

Journal of Lipid Research, 2002
Pneumocystis causes a type of pneumonia in immunodeficient mammals, such as AIDS patients. Mammals cannot alkylate the C-24 position of the sterol side chain, nor can they desaturate C-22.
José-Luis Giner, Hui Zhao, David H. Beach, Edward J. Parish, Koka Jayasimhulu, Edna S. Kaneshiro   +5 more
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Extra-pulmonary Pneumocystis jiroveci infection: a case report

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2014
In physical examination abdominal tenderness, gate disturbance and penile herpetic lesions were detected. Decreased disc height at T11-T12 level was detected in chest X-ray.
Mehrdad Bakhshayesh Karam, Leila Mosadegh   +1 more
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Atypical Radiographic Presentation of Cryptococcus Pneumonia in a Newly Diagnosed HIV Patient

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, Volume 2019, Issue 1, 2019., 2019
Background. Cryptococcus infection is an opportunistic infection that occurs primarily among immunocompromised patients, and the morbidity and mortality of this infection is high if left unrecognized and untreated. There are no clinical or radiographic characteristics typical of cryptococcal pneumonia, and its clinical and radiological presentations ...
Arthur Cacacho, Umair Ashraf, Arsalan Rehmani, Masooma Niazi, Misbahuddin Khaja, Paul Horrocks   +5 more
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Cisplatin‐Induced Nephrotoxicity and HIV Associated Nephropathy: Mimickers of Myeloma‐Like Cast Nephropathy

Case Reports in Nephrology, Volume 2017, Issue 1, 2017., 2017
Myeloma cast nephropathy is an obstructing disorder of renal tubules, caused by precipitation of Bence Jones proteins. Myeloma‐like cast nephropathy (MLCN) has been reported in the literature to occur in various primary renal and nonrenal diseases. We present a series of three rare cases of cast nephropathy, two of which are HIV patients, and the third
Muhammad Siddique Khurram, Ahmed Alrajjal, Warda Ibrar, Jacob Edens, Umer Sheikh, Ameer Hamza, Hong Qu, Yoshihide Fujigaki   +7 more
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Multidrug Resistant CTX‐M‐Producing Escherichia coli: A Growing Threat among HIV Patients in India

Journal of Pathogens, Volume 2016, Issue 1, 2016., 2016
Extended Spectrum β‐Lactamases (ESBLs) confer resistance to third‐generation cephalosporins and CTX‐M types have emerged as the most prominent ESBLs worldwide. This study was designed to determine the prevalence of CTX‐M positive ESBL‐producing urinary E.
Kesavaram Padmavathy, Krishnan Padma, Sikhamani Rajasekaran, Anand S. Deshmukh   +3 more
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The Role of Open Lung Biopsy in Critically Ill Patients with Hypoxic Respiratory Failure: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Canadian Respiratory Journal, Volume 2016, Issue 1, 2016., 2016
Background. The aim of this study was to assess the utility of open lung biopsy in patients with hypoxic respiratory failure of unknown etiology admitted to an ICU and to examine the use of steroid therapy in this patient population. Methods. A retrospective cohort study was performed of all consecutive patients admitted to three tertiary care ...
Abdullah Almotairi, Sharmistha Biswas, Jason Shahin, Akiteru Goto   +3 more
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