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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 +5 more
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Nonhuman Primate Models of Respiratory Disease: Past, Present, and Future. [PDF]
, 2017 The respiratory system consists of an integrated network of organs and structures that primarily function for gas exchange. In mammals, oxygen and carbon dioxide are transmitted through a complex respiratory tract, consisting of the nasal passages ...
Miller, Lisa +3 more
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Trichosporon asahii co-infection with Pneumocystis jiroveci in a renal transplant patient
IDCasesTrichosporon asahii is considered an opportunistic pathogen, capable of causing superficial infections in humans and invasive deep-seated infections in immunocompromised hosts.
Tingting Yang, Yajie Fu
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Management of Pneumocystis Jirovecii pneumonia in HIV infected patients: current options, challenges and future directions [PDF]
, 2010 Jose G Castro1, Maya Morrison-Bryant21Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA; 2Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program, Miami, Florida, USAAbstract:
Jose G Castro, Maya Morrison-Bryant
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Pneumocystis pneumonia complicated with pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema [PDF]
, 2016 info:eu-repo/semantics ...
França, M.
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Infectious Disease ReportsBackground: Pneumocystis jirovecii primarily causes pneumonia in immunosuppressed individuals, particularly those living with advanced HIV/AIDS. Extrapulmonary dissemination is uncommon, with bone marrow involvement described in only a handful of cases ...
Diego Alejandro Cubides-Diaz +5 more
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Frontiers in Bioscience-LandmarkBackground: Pneumocystis jirovecii is the most emerging life-threating health problem that causes acute and fatal pneumonia infection. It is rare and more contagious for patients with leukemia and immune-deficiency disorders.
Muhammad Naveed +7 more
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PLoS ONE, 2015 Pneumocystis pneumonia is a severe opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients caused by the unusual fungus Pneumocystis jirovecii. Transmission is airborne, with both immunocompromised and immunocompetent individuals acting as a reservoir for ...
Maud Gits-Muselli +12 more
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Prognostic factors for severe Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia of non-HIV patients in intensive care unit: a bicentric retrospective study [PDF]
, 2016 PJP diagnosis by methenamine and PCR in participating centers.
Bin Du +9 more
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Pneumocystis jiroveciiin General Population
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005 The possible presence of Pneumocystis among healthy adults was examined by detecting Pneumocystis jirovecii-specific DNA in prospectively obtained oropharyngeal wash samples from 50 persons without underlying lung disease or immunosuppression. Pneumocystis carriage, defined by detecting Pneumocystis DNA by nested polymerase chain reaction in 2 ...
Francisco J. Medrano +8 more
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