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Pneumonia por Pneumocystis em 107 Doentes com Infecção por VIH Internados no Serviço de Doenças Infecciosas, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisboa (2002 - 2013)

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2016
Introdução: A pneumonia por Pneumocystis jirovecii é das doenças infecciosas oportunistas mais comuns em infectados por vírus da imunodeficiência humana, sendo, actualmente, em Portugal a infecção definidora de sida mais reportada.
Vilma Grilo, Aida Pereira
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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 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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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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Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Inebilizumab Versus Rituximab in AQP4‐IgG‐Positive NMOSD

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Rituximab (anti‐CD20, RTX) and inebilizumab (anti‐CD19, INE) represent B‐cell‐depleting therapies used for aquaporin‐4 antibody‐positive (AQP4‐IgG+) neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD); however, direct comparative evidence remains limited.
Jie Lin, Binbin Xue, Dewei Xie, Jia Li, Juyuan Pan, Lanbing Zhu, Qiaowen Tong, Jing Lin, Ruofan Zhu, Xu Zhang, Junhui Xia, Xiang Li   +11 more
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A Randomized Phase II Study of Subcutaneous Mosunetuzumab in Combination With Polatuzumab Vedotin Compared With Rituximab Plus Polatuzumab Vedotin in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Large B‐Cell Lymphoma

American Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mosunetuzumab plus polatuzumab vedotin has shown promising activity versus rituximab plus polatuzumab vedotin (R‐Pola) in patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) large B‐cell lymphoma (LBCL; NCT03671018). We present results from the Phase II randomized cohort, evaluating subcutaneous mosunetuzumab plus polatuzumab vedotin (Mosun‐Pola), with ...
Julio C. Chavez, Mariana Bastos‐Oreiro, Catherine Diefenbach, Izidore S. Lossos, Nirav Shah, Sarit Assouline, Adam J. Olszewski, Seema Naik, Nilanjan Ghosh, Song Pham, Michael C. Wei, Connie Batlevi, Iris To, Wahib Ead, Sneha Makadia, Elicia Penuel, Jing Jing, Lihua E. Budde   +17 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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Diagnosis and management guidelines for infantile epileptic spasms syndrome around the world: A scoping review and comparative study of international approaches

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS) is an epileptic encephalopathy requiring rapid diagnosis and treatment to optimize neurodevelopmental outcomes. Although multiple national and regional guidelines exist, recommendations vary.
Gozde Erdemir, Chethan K. Rao, Anne Francine Pino, Christina Briscoe, Debopam Samanta, Jo M. Wilmshurst, Sonal Bhatia, Jessica L. Carpenter, Christina Hoei‐Hansen, Puneet Jain, Tommy Stodberg, Robyn Whitney, Ryuki Matsuura, Karina Rosso Astorga, Keryma Acevedo Gallinato, Pratibha Singhi, Aristides Hadijinicolaou, Gia Melikishvili, Patricia Smeyers, Nicola Specchio, Stéphane Auvin, Pediatric Epilepsy Research Consortium Infantile Spasm Work Group and International Committee   +21 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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