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A case of Talaromyces marneffei infection that required differentiation from Pneumocystis pneumonia

IDCases, 2023
We report a case of Talaromyces marneffei fungemia in a patient with HIV infection with a history of travelling to southern China. At first, Pneumocystis pneumonia was considered in this case because chest CT images showed typical ground-glass opacity ...
Mieko Tokano, Norihito Tarumoto, Kazuo Imai, Jun Sakai, Masahiro Kodana, Erika Naito, Yoshitaka Uchida, Makoto Nagata, Shigefumi Maesaki   +8 more
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Successful long-term treatment of persistent pulmonary air leak in pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia by unidirectional endobronchial valves

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, Christian Faul, Stephan Raab, Martin Schwaiblmair, Thomas M. Berghaus   +4 more
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Mortality rate and prognostic factors for poor outcome in HIV-infected Bulgarian patients with Pneumocystis pneumonia over a 3-year period

Problems of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, 2020
Background: In spite of the use of combination antiretroviral therapy and specific prophylaxis, Pneumocystis pneumonia remains one of the most common AIDS-defining disease with high mortality rate.
Nina Yancheva, Dimitar Strashimirov, Maria Nikolova, Ivailo Alexiev, Aleksandra Ivanova, Nina Tsvetkova   +5 more
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Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia induced by low-dose methotrexate in a patient with chronic urticaria [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2017
Methotrexate has immunosuppressive effects and is administered for refractory chronic urticaria. We present a case of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in a patient with refractory chronic urticaria managed by low-dose weekly methotrexate treatment (total
Sheng-Huei Wang, Shih-En Tang, Yu-Huei Li, Kuang-Yu Wei, Chan-Yuan Chang   +4 more
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Development and Evaluation of Rapid and Accurate CRISPR/Cas13-Based RNA Diagnostics for Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
BackgroundPneumocystis jirovecii can result in a serious pulmonary infection, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia, in immunocompetent hosts. The diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia has long been a major clinical concern, and there are limitations ...
Yangqing Zhan, Xiaoqing Gao, Shaoqiang Li, Yeqi Si, Yuanxiang Li, Xu Han, Wenjun Sun, Zhengtu Li, Feng Ye   +8 more
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Pneumocystis Infection in Pregnant Women: A Scoping Review

Journal of Fungi
Pneumocystis jirovecii is an opportunistic fungus that causes severe pneumonia in immunosuppressed individuals. While Pneumocystis colonization, a subclinical form of infection, has been studied in different populations, its implications during pregnancy
Irene Calderón-Baturone, Rocío Salsoso, Elena Charpentier, Yaxsier de Armas, Pilar Guadix, Rubén Morilla, Enrique J. Calderón, Vicente Friaza   +7 more
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Detection of Pneumocystis and Morphological Description of Fungal Distribution and Severity of Infection in Thirty-Six Mammal Species

Journal of Fungi, 2023
Pneumocystis spp. are thought to adapt to the lungs of potentially all mammals. However, the full host range, fungal burden and severity of infection are unknown for many species.
Christiane Weissenbacher-Lang, Barbara Blasi, Patricia Bauer, Diana Binanti, Karin Bittermann, Lara Ergin, Carmen Högler, Tanja Högler, Magdalena Klier, Julia Matt, Nora Nedorost, Serenella Silvestri, Daniela Stixenberger, Liang Ma, Ousmane H. Cissé, Joseph A. Kovacs, Amélie Desvars-Larrive, Annika Posautz, Herbert Weissenböck   +18 more
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A New Name for Pneumocystis from Humans and New Perspectives on the Host-Pathogen Relationship

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002
The disease known as Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) is a major cause of illness and death in persons with impaired immune systems. While the genus Pneumocystis has been known to science for nearly a century, understanding of its members remained ...
James R. Stringer, Charles B. Beard, Robert F. Miller, Ann E. Wakefield   +3 more
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Diagnostic Performance of Bronchoalveolar Lavage (1,3)-β-d-Glucan Assay for Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia

Journal of Fungi, 2020
We evaluated the performance of the (1,3)-β-d-glucan (BDG) assay on bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) as a possible aid to the diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia.
Shiwei Zhou, Kathleen A. Linder, Carol A. Kauffman, Blair J. Richards, Steve Kleiboeker, Marisa H. Miceli   +5 more
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A case of spontaneous pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum & subcutaneous emphysema in Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia complicating HIV

Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015
Spontaneous pneumothorax and subcutaneous emphysema are well-known but less common complications of pneumocystis pneumonia, whereas pnuemomediastinum is rare.
S Chatterji, D Pal, MK Ghosh, A Naskar, S Pal, S Mullick, I Bhattacharya   +6 more
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