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Bone Marrow Infection by Pneumocystis jirovecii in a Patient with AIDS: A Case Report and Literature Review [PDF]

Infectious Disease Reports
Background: 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, Valentina Negrette-Lazaro, Viviana Poveda-Hurtado, Juan Pablo López-Salazar, Carlos Mauricio Calderón-Vargas, Carlos Arturo Álvarez-Moreno   +5 more
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Axenic Long-Term Cultivation of Pneumocystis jirovecii

Journal of Fungi, 2023
Pneumocystis jirovecii, a fungus causing severe Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in humans, has long been described as non-culturable. Only isolated short-term experiments with P.
Diana Riebold, Marie Mahnkopf, Kristina Wicht, Cristina Zubiria-Barrera, Jan Heise, Marcus Frank, Daniel Misch, Torsten Bauer, Hartmut Stocker, Hortense Slevogt   +9 more
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Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia: A Review of Management in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Non-HIV Immunocompromised Patients

Avicenna Journal of Medicine, 2023
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia is an opportunistic fungal infection that was mainly associated with pneumonia in patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease.
Atif Ibrahim, Asmi Chattaraj, Qamar Iqbal, Ali Anjum, Mohammad Ebad Ur Rehman, Zobia Aijaz, Fazila Nasir, Sadia Ansar, Tirdad T. Zangeneh, Ahmad Iftikhar   +9 more
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Successful treatment of severe pneumonia in a diffuse large B-cell lymphoma patient after R-CHOP chemotherapy: A case report

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2023
R-CHOP chemotherapy has been established as the first-line standard treatment for elderly patients diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. However, an increased risk of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma patients ...
Yan Xu, Zhaolin Li, Lamei Ouyang, Yinqing Su, Canmin Wang   +4 more
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Development and Evaluation of Rapid and Accurate CRISPR/Cas13-Based RNA Diagnostics for Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
BackgroundPneumocystis jirovecii can result in a serious pulmonary infection, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia, in immunocompetent hosts. The diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia has long been a major clinical concern, and there are limitations ...
Yangqing Zhan, Xiaoqing Gao, Shaoqiang Li, Yeqi Si, Yuanxiang Li, Xu Han, Wenjun Sun, Zhengtu Li, Feng Ye   +8 more
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Current State of Carbohydrate Recognition and C-Type Lectin Receptors in Pneumocystis Innate Immunity

Frontiers in Immunology, 2021
Pneumocystis jirovecii is one of the most common fungal pathogens in immunocompromised individuals. Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) causes a significant host immune response that is driven greatly by the organism’s cell wall components including β-
Theodore J. Kottom, Theodore J. Kottom, Eva M. Carmona, Eva M. Carmona, Andrew H. Limper, Andrew H. Limper   +5 more
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Rapid and precise diagnosis of pneumonia coinfected by Pneumocystis jirovecii and Aspergillus fumigatus assisted by next-generation sequencing in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus: a case report

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2021
Background Pneumocystis jirovecii and Aspergillus fumigatus, are opportunistic pathogenic fungus that has a major impact on mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Yili Chen, Lu Ai, Yingqun Zhou, Yating Zhao, Jianyu Huang, Wen Tang, Yujian Liang   +6 more
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Serum-based diagnosis of Pneumocystis pneumonia by detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii DNA and 1,3-β-D-glucan in HIV-infected patients: a retrospective case control study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) is one of the most common HIV-related opportunistic infections. The diagnosis of PCP is based on analyses from respiratory tract specimens which may require the invasive procedure of a diagnostic ...
Helena Hammarström, Anna Grankvist, Isabell Broman, Nahid Kondori, Christine Wennerås, Magnus Gisslen, Vanda Friman   +6 more
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Ventilação mecânica não-invasiva em paciente com provável pneumonia por pneumocystis jirovecii: relato de caso Noninvasive mechanical ventilation in patient with pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: case report

Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva, 2008
JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: A pneumonia por Pneumocystis jirovecii tem sido uma das doenças mais comuns e uma complicação infecciosa fatal em pacientes com síndrome da imunodeficiência adquirida.
Élida Mara Carneiro, Renata Zago Maneira, Eduardo Rocha   +2 more
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Pneumonia por Pneumocystis em 107 Doentes com Infecção por VIH Internados no Serviço de Doenças Infecciosas, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisboa (2002 - 2013)

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2016
Introdução: A pneumonia por Pneumocystis jirovecii é das doenças infecciosas oportunistas mais comuns em infectados por vírus da imunodeficiência humana, sendo, actualmente, em Portugal a infecção definidora de sida mais reportada.
Vilma Grilo, Aida Pereira
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