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Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia in AIDS Patients [PDF]

, 2011
Jose M. Varela1, Francisco J. Medrano1, Eduardo Dei-Cas2,3 and Enrique J. Calderon1 1Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla and CIBER de Epidemiologia y Salud Publica, Internal Medicine Service, Virgen del Rocio University Hospital. Seville, 2Parasitology-Mycology Service (EA4547), Centre of Biology Pathology, Lille-2 University Hospital Centre, Faculty ...
Jose M., Francisco J., Eduardo Dei-Cas, Enrique J.   +3 more
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Study on mNGS Technique in Diagnosing Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia in Non-HIV-Infected Patients [PDF]

Shuai Li, Xue Han, Jing Ma, Guo-Hong Huang, Shu-Ting Yang, Chang-Min Wang Clinical Laboratory Center, People’s Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830001, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Chang-Min Wang, Department of
Li S, Huang GH, Wang CM, Han X, Ma J, Yang ST   +5 more
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Simultaneous bilateral pneumothorax in an immunocompromised HIV patient with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2018
Pneumocystis in humans is caused by a unicellular and eukaryotic organism called P. jirovecii. The overall incidence of P. jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) has decreased with the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy and the use of chemoprophylaxis with ...
Cristina Matesanz López, Andrés Felipe Cardona Arias, María Teresa Río Ramírez, Gonzalo Díaz Ibero, Sergio Julio Rodríguez Álvarez, María Antonia Juretschke Moragues   +5 more
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Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in solid organ transplant recipients: a descriptive analysis for the Swiss Transplant Cohort. [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND Descriptive data on Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) in solid organ transplant recipients (SOTr) in the era of routine Pneumocystis-prophylaxis are lacking. METHODS All adult SOTr between 2008-2016 were included.
Mueller, Nicolas J, Banz Wüthrich, Vanessa, Beldi, Guido, Swiss Transplant, Cohort Study, Manuel, Oriol, van Delden, Christian, Hirzel, Cédric, Neofytos, Dionysios, Lecompte, Thanh, Khanna, Nina, Boely, Elsa, Stirnimann, Guido, Boggian, Katia, Cusini, Alexia   +13 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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Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in an immunocompetent host

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 2015
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) is a potentially life-threatening infection, which predominantly occurs in the immuno-compromised host. It has been rarely reported in immunocompetent subjects. In them, the infection presents with fulminant respiratory failure along with fever and dry cough in contrast to an indolent course in the immuno ...
JencyMaria Koshy, Mary John, Divya Deodhar, George Koshy   +3 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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Molecular detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii using polymerase chain reaction in immunocompromised patients with pulmonary disorders in northeast of Iran

Current Medical Mycology, 2015
Background and Purpose: Pneumocystis pneumonia, caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii, is a fatal disease threatening patients with AIDS or immunosuppression.
Mahmood Parian, Abdolmajid Fata, Mohammad Javad Najafzadeh, Fariba Rezaeitalab   +3 more
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Coinfection of Cytomegalovirus, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia, COVID-19, and Mycobacterium colombiense in an AIDS patient: A case report

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We present an AIDS patient coinfected with Cytomegalovirus, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia, nontuberculous mycobacteria, and COVID-19, who finally recovered from the coinfection. The 36-year-old man had two hospitalizations.
Zhongbao Zuo, Rongrong Zheng, Feng Li, Aifang Xu, Jinchuan Shi   +4 more
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia (PCP)/Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia in HIV patient: A Case Report [PDF]

, 2017
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) or pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia is an opportunistic infection that can occur in immunocompromised patients. In patients with HIV, PCP is the most common opportunistic infection especially in patients with CD4 cell
Yunihastuti, Evy, Agustina, Dewi Rizki, Efiyanti, Christy   +2 more
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