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Diseases, 2017 In both the post and pre combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) era, Pneumocystis jirovecii and Toxoplasma gondii remain common opportunistic infectious agents. The common manifestations are pneumonia for P. jirovecii and brain abscess for T.
Marie-Françoise Rey +5 more
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Risk factors for drug resistant tuberculosis in Leicestershire - poor adherence to treatment remains an important cause of resistance [PDF]
, 2013 In the light of rising numbers of tuberculosis (TB) cases in the United Kingdom, the problem of anti-tubercular drug resistance remains a significant concern.
Hayward, AC +3 more
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Changing Trends in the Epidemiology and Risk Factors of Pneumocystis Pneumonia in Spain
Frontiers in Public Health, 2019 Objective: The information about the epidemiology of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PcP) in Europe is scarce, and in Spain there are only data nationwide on patients with HIV infection.
Estefanía Pereira-Díaz +5 more
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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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Critical Care, 2018 BackgroundDespite modern intensive care with standardized strategies against acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), Pneumocystis pneumonia (PcP) remains a life-threatening disease with a high mortality rate. Here, we analyzed a large mixed cohort of
Julius J Schmidt +10 more
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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 +5 more
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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 +8 more
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Molecular diagnosis of Pneumocystis pneumonia in immunocompromised patients.
Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2019 PURPOSE OF REVIEW Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) is a frequent opportunistic infection associated with a high mortality rate. PCP is of increasing importance in non-HIV immunocompromised patients, who present with severe respiratory distress with low ...
H. Guegan, F. Robert-Gangneux
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AIDS-defining illnesses at initial diagnosis of HIV in a large Guatemalan cohort [PDF]
, 2017 BackgroundAnecdotal evidence suggests that a high proportion of patients diagnosed with HIV in Guatemala present with AIDS. There remain limited data on the epidemiology of AIDS-defining illnesses (ADIs) in Central America.MethodsWe conducted a ...
Cordon, Andrea Alonzo +6 more
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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2019 Measuring serum beta-d-glucan (BDG) is a useful tool for supporting a quantitative PCR (qPCR)-based diagnosis of suspected Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid.
T. Mercier +5 more
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