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Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia [PDF]
Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2010 Pneumocystis jirovecii has gained attention during the last decade in the context of the AIDS epidemic and the increasing use of cytotoxic and immunosuppressive therapies. This article summarizes current knowledge on biology, pathophysiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of pulmonary P jirovecii infection, with a particular focus ...
Catherinot, Emilie +5 more
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Serum markers in interstitial pneumonia with and without
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2009 Background In patients with chronic respiratory disease, Pneumocystis jirovecii (P. jirovecii) colonization is observed, and may influence disease progression and systemic inflammation.
Shimizu Yasuo +6 more
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Pneumocystis jirovecii colonization in chronic pulmonary disease
Parasite, 2011 Pneumocystis jirovecii causes pneumonia in immunosuppressed individuals. However, it has been reported the detection of low levels of Pneumocystis DNA in patients without signs and symptoms of pneumonia, which likely represents colonization.
Gutiérrez S. +5 more
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Axenic Long-Term Cultivation of Pneumocystis jirovecii
Journal of Fungi, 2023 Pneumocystis jirovecii, a fungus causing severe Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in humans, has long been described as non-culturable. Only isolated short-term experiments with P.
Diana Riebold +9 more
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Successful long-term treatment of persistent pulmonary air leak in pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia by unidirectional endobronchial valves [PDF]
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2018 Spontaneous pneumothorax is a rare complication of pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia. We report a patient with pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia and therapy-refractory, right-sided pneumothorax due to persistent air leak (PAL) despite prolonged chest tube ...
Stefanie Bader +4 more
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Increasing Pneumocystis Pneumonia, England, UK, 2000–2010 [PDF]
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 +6 more
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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 +9 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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Late presentation of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia after renal transplant: A case report
Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2018 The highest risk of opportunistic infections is from 1 to 6 months post-transplant. We report a rare case of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in a renal transplant recipient only on maintenance immunosuppression eleven years after transplant without ...
Prithiv Prasad +2 more
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Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Following Initiation of 15 mg Prednisone Daily
Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical CasesA 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 +1 more
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