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Interhuman Transmission as a Potential Key Parameter for Geographical Variation in the Prevalence of Pneumocystis jirovecii Dihydropteroate Synthase Mutations [PDF]

, 2017
Background. Pneumocystis jirovecii dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS) mutations are associated with failure of prophylaxis with sulfa drugs. This retrospective study sought to better understand the geographical variation in the prevalence of these mutations.
Bille, Jacques, Francioli, Patrick, Hauser, Philippe M., Nahimana, Aimable, Rabodonirina, Meja, Taffe, Patrick, Weber, Rainer   +6 more
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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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Detection of DNA in samples from patients suspected of bacterial pneumonia- a case-control study [PDF]

, 2002
Background Pneumocystis jiroveci (formerly known as P. carinii f.sp. hominis) is an opportunistic fungus that causes Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in immunocompromised individuals. Pneumocystis jiroveci can be detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
JR Stringer, J Helweg-Larsen, J Helweg-Larsen, AE Wakefield, JA Hunter, SN Huang, P Roux, SH Yale, KA Sepkowitz, SM Arend, A Sing, M Rabodonirina, SL Peglow, SL Vargas, W Chen, SL Vargas, SE Peters, A Dumoulin, G Nevez, M Olsson, T Takahashi, A Sing, E Visconti, HS Oz, OP Settnes, MJ Fine, HH Larsen   +26 more
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Immune Reconstitution in HIV-Infected Patients [PDF]

, 2017
The prognosis of patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 has dramatically improved since the advent of potent antiretroviral therapies (ARTs), which have enabled sustained suppression of HIV replication and recovery of CD4 T cell
Battegay, Manuel, Hirsch, Hans H., Kaufmann, Gilbert, Mayer, Kenneth H., Mayer, Kenneth H., Sendi, Pedram   +5 more
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Recognition and Clinical Presentation of Invasive Fungal Disease in Neonates and Children [PDF]

, 2017
AW and JK are supported by the Wellcome Trust Strategic Award (grant 097377) and the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology (grant MR/N006364/1) at the University of AberdeenPeer reviewedPublisher ...
King, Jill, Lehrnbecher, Thomas, Pana, Zoi-Dorothea, Steinbach, William J., Warris, Adilia   +4 more
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Frecuencia de la colonización por Pneumocystis jirovecii en pacientes con Enfermedad Pulmonar Obstructiva Crónica en Bogotá, Colombia

Medicina, 2017
Antecedentes: la colonización por Pneumocystis jirovecci (P. jirovecii) se ha postulado como causa de deterioro de la función pulmonar en pacientes con Enfermedad Pulmonar Obstructiva Crónica (EPOC).
Juan Felipe Burbano-Gutiérrez, José Enrique Cita-Pardo, Catalina Hernández-Flórez, Claudia M. Parra-Giraldo, Javier Ricardo Garzón-Herazo, Melva Y. Linares-Linare Linares-Linare, Alejandra Cañas-Arboleda   +6 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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Incidence of Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia among Groups at Risk in HIV-negative Patients

, 2014
International audienceBackground - Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative immunocompromised patients is associated with high mortality rates.
Decaux, Olivier, Fillâtre, Pierre, Fresnel, Annie, Gacouin, Arnaud, Guiguen, Claude, Jouneau, Stéphane, Jégo, Patrick, Le Tulzo, Yves, Revest, Matthieu, Robert-Gangneux, Florence, Tattevin, Pierre   +10 more
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Outbreaks of Pneumocystis Pneumonia in 2 Renal Transplant Centers Linked to a Single Strain of Pneumocystis: Implications for Transmission and Virulence [PDF]

, 2017
By restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis, 2 outbreaks of Pneumocystis pneumonia in renal transplant patients in Europe were shown to be caused by the same strain of Pneumocystis; another outbreak in Japan was caused by a different ...
Fehr, Thomas, Gianella, Sara, Gogineni, Emile, Goto, Norihiko, Huber, Charles, Konrad, Regina, Kovacs, Joseph A., Kutty, Geetha, Ma, Liang, Mueller, Nicolas J., Oka, Shinichi, Ripamonti, Chiara, Sassi, Monica, Sing, Andreas, Yazaki, Hirohisa   +14 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, Pinkerton, Kent, Royer, Christopher, Schelegle, Edward   +3 more
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