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Fatal sepsis in an AIDS patient during therapy for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia [PDF]

, 2002
The case of a patient with a newly diagnosed HIV infection and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia is presented. Despite treatment with high-dose trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) and prednisone with initial improvement, the patient acutely deteriorated
Täuber, MG, Oehler, T, Piso, RJ, Rossi, M, Nguyen, XM   +4 more
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Prophylaxis and treatment of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

, 1991
Although Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) can occur in any patient with severe impairment of immunity, there has been a sharp rise in incidence with the spread of human immunodeficiency virus through the USA and Western Europe, where nearly 80% of ...
O'Doherty, M J, Bateman, N T
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Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia during immunosuppressive therapy for antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-positive vasculitis. [PDF]

, 1995
We describe two human immunodeficiency virus-negative patients who developed Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) during immunosuppressive therapy for antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-positive vasculitis and review the literature regarding the ...
Huynh-Do, Uyen, Binswanger, U, Gantenbein, H   +2 more
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Aerobic bacteria, Chlamydia trachomatis, Pneumocystis carinii and Cytomegalovirus as agents of severe peneumonia in small infants Bactérias aeróbias, Chlamydia trachomatis, Pneumocystis carinii e Cytomegalovirus: agentes causadores de pneumonia grave em pequenos lactentes

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, Heloisa Melles, Carmo Melles, Rosa Dias, Evandro Roberto Baldacci, Yassuhiko Okay   +5 more
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Comparative Genomics of Pneumocystis Species Suggests the Absence of Genes for myo-Inositol Synthesis and Reliance on Inositol Transport and Metabolism

mBio, 2014
In the context of deciphering the metabolic strategies of the obligate pathogenic fungi in the genus Pneumocystis, the genomes of three species (P. carinii, P. murina, and P.
Aleksey Porollo, Thomas M. Sesterhenn, Margaret S. Collins, Jeffrey A. Welge, Melanie T. Cushion   +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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Adjunctive Corticosteroid Therapy Decreases Lung Permeability in Patients with AIDS-Related Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia

Canadian Respiratory Journal, 1995
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of adjunctive corticosteroid therapy on lung permeability as measured by Tc-DTPA lung clearance scan in patients with AIDS-related Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP).
Silvia Guillemi, Allan Belzberg, Lindsay M Lawson, Martin T Schechter, Julio SG Montaner   +4 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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Extracellular vesicles from Pneumocystis carinii-infected rats impair fungal viability but are dispensable for macrophage functions

Microbiology Spectrum
Pneumocystis spp. are host obligate fungal pathogens that can cause severe pneumonia in mammals and rely heavily on their host for essential nutrients. The lack of a sustainable in vitro culture system poses challenges in understanding their metabolism ...
Steven G. Sayson, Alan Ashbaugh, Melanie T. Cushion   +2 more
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CONVENTIONAL METHODS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED IRAQI PATIENTS

The Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016
Background: Pneumocystis jirovecii is the causative agent of pneumocystis pneumonia, one of the most frequent and severe opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients.
Isa S. Touhali, Azhar A.F. Ibrahim, Haider N. Dawood   +2 more
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