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Genetic Polymorphisms of Superoxide Dismutase Locus of Pneumocystis jirovecii in Spanish Population

Frontiers in Public Health, 2019
Objective:Pneumocystis pneumonia remains a major opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients worldwide. Colonization with Pneumocystis jirovecii has recently gained attention as an important issue for understanding the complete cycle of human ...
Rubén Morilla, Rubén Morilla, Rubén Morilla, Amaia González-Magaña, Amaia González-Magaña, Vicente Friaza, Yaxsier de Armas, Francisco J. Medrano, Francisco J. Medrano, Enrique J. Calderón, Enrique J. Calderón, Carmen de la Horra, Carmen de la Horra   +12 more
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Refractory flare-up of severe bronchial asthma controlled with mepolizumab due to Pneumocystis pneumonia: a case report

Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, 2022
Background Biologics dramatically improve symptoms of severe asthma; however, various exacerbating factors may induce flare-up. Pneumocystis spp. have not been reported as a cause of asthma exacerbation during biologic use, although patients with severe ...
Kazuya Takeda, Toshiyuki Sumi, Yuta Nagahisa, Keigo Matsuura, Motoki Sekikawa, Hiroki Watanabe, Yuichi Yamada, Hirofumi Chiba   +7 more
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Features of clinical manifestations and diagnosis of comorbidity of disseminated pulmonary tuberculosis, coronavirus, pneumocystis and pneumococcal pneumonia in patients with late stages of HIV infection with immunodeficiency

Consilium Medicum, 2023
Aim. To study the features of clinical manifestations and diagnosis of comorbidity of disseminated pulmonary tuberculosis, coronavirus, pneumocystis and pneumococcal pneumonia in patients with late stages of HIV infection with immunodeficiency ...
Vladimir Y. Mishin, Anastasiia V. Mishina, Dmitry A. Lezhnev, Aleksandr L. Sobkin, Ivan V. Shashenkov   +4 more
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Unusual Radiographic Presentation of Pneumocystis Pneumonia in a Patient with AIDS. [PDF]

, 2017
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) typically presents as an interstitial and alveolar process with ground glass opacities on chest computed tomography (CT).
Block, Brian L, Cattamanchi, Adithya, Ferris, Sean P, Huang, Laurence, Mehta, Tejas, Ortiz, Gabriel M, Vu, Thienkhai H   +6 more
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Ventilação mecânica não-invasiva em paciente com provável pneumonia por pneumocystis jirovecii: relato de caso Noninvasive mechanical ventilation in patient with pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: case report

Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva, 2008
JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: A pneumonia por Pneumocystis jirovecii tem sido uma das doenças mais comuns e uma complicação infecciosa fatal em pacientes com síndrome da imunodeficiência adquirida.
Élida Mara Carneiro, Renata Zago Maneira, Eduardo Rocha   +2 more
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Absolute lymphocyte count as a predictor of Pneumocystis pneumonia in patients previously unknown to have HIV [PDF]

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2012
This is a retrospective review of patients admitted to an inner city community hospital with community-acquired pneumonia who were ultimately diagnosed with AIDS and Pneumocystis. Absolute lymphocyte count in our hospital is available immediately.
Robert P. Ferguson, Aghogho A. Omene
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Scaling-up co-trimoxazole prophylaxis in HIV-exposed and HIV-infected children in high HIV-prevalence countries. [PDF]

, 2007
Co-trimoxazole (trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole) is a widely available antibiotic that substantially reduces HIV-related morbidity and mortality in both adults and children.
Abdel-Haq, Anglaret, Anglaret, Ansari, Anthony D Harries, Badri, Boerma, Chewe Luo, Chintu, Chintu, Creek, Gill, Graham, Graham, Gretchen Bachman, Grimwade, Manzi, Mermin, Mermin, Mwaungulu, Nathoo, Perez, Ponnet, Rony Zachariah, Ruffini, Stephen M Graham, Thera, Watera, Wiktor, Yazdanpanah, Zachariah, Zachariah, Zachariah, Zachariah   +33 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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Increased mortality in hematological malignancy patients with acute respiratory failure from undetermined etiology : a Groupe de Recherche en Réanimation Respiratoire en Onco-Hématologique (Grrr-OH) study [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is the most frequent complication in patients with hematological malignancies and is associated with high morbidity and mortality.
Azoulay, Elie, Benoit, Dominique, Bruneel, Fabrice, Contejean, Adrien, Darmon, Michael, Hamidfar, Rebecca, Jourdain, Mercé, Kouatchet, Achille, Lemiale, Virginie, Mayaux, Julien, Meert, Anne-Pascale, Mokart, Djamel, Nyunga, Martine, Perez, Pierre, Pène, Frédéric, Rabbat, Antoine, Renault, Anne, Resche-Rigon, Matthieu, Schlemmer, Benoît, Vincent, François   +19 more
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Pneumocystis Pneumonia Presenting as an Enlarging Solitary Pulmonary Nodule

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2016
Pneumocystis pneumonia is a life threatening infection that usually presents with diffuse bilateral ground-glass infiltrates in immunocompromised patients.
Krunal Bharat Patel, James Benjamin Gleason, Maria Julia Diacovo, Nydia Martinez-Galvez   +3 more
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