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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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Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Following Initiation of 15 mg Prednisone Daily

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
A 74-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presented with acute dyspnea and rapidly progressed to hypoxic respiratory failure requiring high levels of noninvasive mechanical ventilation.
Matthew Anderson, Elizabeth Scruggs-Wodkowski   +1 more
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Development and Validation of a Pneumocystis jirovecii Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Diagnosis of Pneumocystis Pneumonia

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2015
BACKGROUND: Pneumocystis jirovecii (PJ), a pathogenic fungus, causes severe interstitial Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) among immunocompromised patients. A laboratory-developed real-time polyermase chain reaction (PCR) assay was validated for PJ detection ...
Deirdre L Church, Anshula Ambasta, Amanda Wilmer, Holly Williscroft, Gordon Ritchie, Dylan R Pillai, Sylvie Champagne, Daniel G Gregson   +7 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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Pneumocystis pneumonia complicated with pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema [PDF]

, 2016
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França, M.
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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

Heliyon
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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Pneumonia in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Risks and Prophylaxis Recommendations

Clinical Medicine Insights: Circulatory, Respiratory and Pulmonary Medicine, 2015
Pneumocystis jirovecii infection causes fulminant interstitial pneumonia ( Pneumocystis pneumonia, PCP) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who are receiving biological and/or nonbiological antirheumatic drugs.
Shunsuke Mori, Mineharu Sugimoto
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Increasing Pneumocystis Pneumonia, England, UK, 2000–2010

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013
After an increase in the number of reported cases of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in England, we investigated data from 2000–2010 to verify the increase. We analyzed national databases for microbiological and clinical diagnoses of P.
Rishma Maini, Katherine L. Henderson, Elizabeth A. Sheridan, Theresa Lamagni, Gordon Nichols, Valerie Delpech, Nick Phin   +6 more
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The relationship of asthma and the pattern of adiposity in adult Chinese [PDF]

, 2010
Poster presentationpublished_or_final_versionThe 15th Medical Research Conference, Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 16 January 2010. In Hong Kong Medical Journal, 2010, v. 16, suppl. 1, p.
Chan Yeung, M, Chan, JWM, Cheung, BMY, Ho, JCM, Ip, MSM, Lam, KSL, Lam, WK, Mok, TYW, Wang, JKL, Yee, WKS   +9 more
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