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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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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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SpellingPneumocystis jirovecii

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009
To the Editor: Our 2002 article in Emerging Infectious Diseases about nomenclature changes for organisms in the genus Pneumocystis (1) has been widely cited and probably will remain a source for persons seeking information about this subject. Therefore, we need to correct an error in 1 of the species names presented in our article and in the 1999 ...
James R. Stringer, Charles B. Beard, Robert F. Miller   +2 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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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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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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Molecular Detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii in the Bronchoalveolar Lavage Samples in Patients with Various Pulmonary Disorders(Original Article) [PDF]

Journal of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, 2023
Background: Pneumocystis jirovecii (P. jirovecii) causes Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in people, especially the immunocompromised ones. It is also one of the serious causes of numerous lung problems in affected patients.
Narges Chitsaz, Ahmad Reza Meamar, Elham Razmjou, Soheila Shafaghi-Sisi, Maryam Alipour, Maryam Sadeghi, Zahra Rampisheh, Zeinab Ghasemi, Rasoul Aliannejad, Alireza Badirzadeh   +9 more
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Dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS) gene mutation study in HIV-Infected Indian patients with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2010
Introduction: Pneumocystis jirovecii dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS) gene mutations' (55th and 57th codon) association with prior sulfa prophylaxis failure has been reported from both developed and developing countries.
Anuj Kumar Tyagi, Bijay Ranjan Mirdha, Kalpana Luthra, Randeep Guleria, Anant Mohan, Urvashi Balbir Singh, Jyotish Chandra Samantaray, Lalit Dar, Venkateswaran K Iyer, Rama Chaudhry   +9 more
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Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia induced by low-dose methotrexate in a patient with chronic urticaria [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2017
Methotrexate has immunosuppressive effects and is administered for refractory chronic urticaria. We present a case of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in a patient with refractory chronic urticaria managed by low-dose weekly methotrexate treatment (total
Sheng-Huei Wang, Shih-En Tang, Yu-Huei Li, Kuang-Yu Wei, Chan-Yuan Chang   +4 more
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