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Incidence and Risk Factors for Infections Requiring Hospitalization, Including Pneumocystis Pneumonia, in Japanese Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis [PDF]

, 2017
Objective. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may be complicated by different infections, but risk factors for these are not fully elucidated. Here, we assessed the incidence of and risk factors for infections requiring hospitalization (IRH) including ...
Fukuda Hidefumi, Furukawa Hiroshi, Hashimoto Atsushi, Horie Kouichiro, Iwata Kanako, Kawakami Misato, Komiya Akiko, Matsui Toshihiro, Nogi Shinichi, Ogihara Hideki, Suto Shiori, Tohma Shigeto, Tsuno Hirotaka, 古川 宏   +13 more
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Atypical Presentation of Rheumatoid Arthritis With Erythema Nodosum Mimicking Cellulitis: A Case Report and Literature Review of Erythema Nodosum

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Erythema nodosum (EN) can be an atypical manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), as seen in this case of a 35‐year‐old woman initially misdiagnosed with cellulitis. Despite negative cultures and antibiotic treatment, further evaluation revealed elevated rheumatoid factor and anti‐CCP antibodies, confirming RA.
Laxman Wagle, Parmartha Basnyat, Anuj Timshina, Rashmita Regmi   +3 more
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New Short Tandem Repeat-Based Molecular Typing Method for Pneumocystis jirovecii Reveals Intrahospital Transmission between Patients from Different Wards.

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, Marie-Noelle Peraldi, Nathalie de Castro, Véronique Delcey, Jean Menotti, Nicolas Guigue, Samia Hamane, Emmanuel Raffoux, Anne Bergeron, Sandrine Valade, Jean-Michel Molina, Stéphane Bretagne, Alexandre Alanio   +12 more
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Virtual Screening of Phytochemicals to Novel Target (HAT) Rtt109 in Pneumocystis Jirovecii using Bioinformatics Tools [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Introduction: Pneumocystis jirovecii is a fungus that causes Pneumocystis pneumonia in HIV and other immunosuppressed patients. Treatment of Pneumocystis pneumonia with the currently available antifungals is challenging and associated with ...
Ramya Sugumar, Abhinand Ponneri Adithavarman, Anusha Dakshinamoorthi, Darling Chellathai David, Padmavathi Kannan Ragunath   +4 more
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Designing an mRNA Vaccine against P. jirovecii Involved in Fatal Pneumonia Infections via Comparative Proteomics and Reverse Vaccinology Approaches

Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark
Background: 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, Khizra Jabeen, Tariq Aziz, Muhammad Saad Mughal, Hammad Arif, Metab Alharbi, Thamer H Albakeiri, Abdullah F. Alasmari   +7 more
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Necrotizing Granulomatous Pneumocystis Infection Presenting as a Solitary Pulmonary Nodule: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Case Reports in Pulmonology, 2022
Pneumocystis jirovecii is an opportunistic fungus that is classically associated with pneumonia in immunocompromised patients, particularly those with human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). However, this infection
Mansur Assaad, Mohamed Swalih, Apurwa Karki   +2 more
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Environmental Risk Factors for Pneumocystis Pneumonia Hospitalizations in HIV Patients [PDF]

, 2012
Background. Pneumocystis pneumonia (PcP) is the second leading cause of morbidity and mortality in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–infected patients in the United States.
Djawe, K, Fong, S, Grieco, K, Huang, L, Jarlsberg, L, Levin, L, Miller, RF, Roth, B, Subramanian, A, Swartzman, A, Walzer, PD   +10 more
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Antibody Responses against Pneumocystis jirovecii in Health Care Workers Over Time

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013
In a previous cross-sectional study, we showed that clinical staff working in a hospital had significantly higher antibody levels than nonclinical staff to Pneumocystis jirovecii.
Serena Fong, Kieran R. Daly, Renuka Tipirneni, Leah G. Jarlsberg, Kpandja Djawe, Judy V. Koch, Alexandra Swartzman, Brenna Roth, Peter D. Walzer, Laurence Huang   +9 more
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HIV infection is associated with elevated biomarkers of immune activation in Ugandan adults with pneumonia. [PDF]

, 2019
IntroductionPneumonia is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. How immune activation differs among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected adults with pneumonia is unknown.MethodsThe ...
Byanyima, Patrick, Chang, Emily G, Crothers, Kristina, Davis, J Lucian, Huang, Laurence, Hunt, Peter W, Kaswabuli, Sylvia, Lalitha, Rejani, Lederman, Michael M, Lin, Jue, Moisi, Daniela, Moore, Julia, Musisi, Emmanuel, Sanyu, Ingvar, Sessolo, Abdulwahab, Wang, Richard J, Worodria, William   +16 more
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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, Miller, RF, Silva, F, Tobar, E, Vargas, SL, Zamorano, A   +5 more
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