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Pneumocystis jirovecii and Nocardia pneumonia in a middle-aged male with Nephrotic syndrome: a case report and literature review

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases
Introduction Nephrotic syndrome (NS) is a common chronic kidney disease that is often accompanied by a state of immunodeficiency. Immunosuppression increases the risk of infections, with Pneumocystis jirovecii and Nocardia brasiliensis being two ...
Yaqing Wang   +3 more
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To prophylax or not to prophylax? The role of trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole as a prophylactic agent in systemic vasculitis: the case of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody- associated vasculitis and giant cell arteritis

open access: yesReumatismo
Inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, including systemic vasculitis, increase the risk of infection due to immunosuppressive treatments and disease-related immune dysfunction.
Alessandro Tomelleri   +2 more
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Fungal infections in immunocompromised critically ill patients

open access: yesJournal of Intensive Medicine
Diverse pathogenic fungi can produce severe infections in immunocompromised patients, thereby justifying intensive care unit (ICU) admissions. In some cases, the infections can develop in immunocompromised patients who were previously admitted to the ICU.
José Garnacho-Montero   +2 more
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Analytical and clinical validation of multiplex droplet digital PCR assay for detecting pathogenic fungal infection in lungs

open access: yesMycology
Pulmonary invasive fungal infection in immunocompromised hosts is difficult to diagnose, and current tools for diagnosis or monitoring of response to antifungal treatments have inherent limitations.
Jian Guo   +9 more
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A case of hypercalcemia from Pneumocystis jirovecii in an immunosuppressed non-HIV patient

open access: yesBMC Pulmonary Medicine
Background The prevalence of non-HIV related Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) is increasing with use of immunosuppressive therapies. There are case reports of solid organ transplant recipients on immunosuppressive therapy presenting with mild ...
Vishrut Gulhati   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Co-Infection with Nocardia Terpene and Pneumocystis Jirovecii in a Patient with Anti-Synthetase Syndrome: A Case Report

open access: yesInfection and Drug Resistance
Yinying Li,1 Qiuming Li,2 Haihua Lei,3 Xiaorong Wei,4 Tao Feng,2 Huajiao Qin,2 Hongchun Huang,2 Minchao Duan1,2 1The Second Clinical Medical College, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530021, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of ...
Li Y   +7 more
doaj  

Detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii and Toxoplasma gondii in patients with lung infections by a duplex qPCR assay

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
Xianyong Liu   +2 more
exaly  

Immune Response in Pneumocystis Infections According to the Host Immune System Status

Journal of Fungi (Basel, Switzerland), 2021
Antoine Berry, Sandie Menard
exaly  

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