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Toward a humanized mouse model of Pneumocystis pneumonia
JCI Insight, 2021 Pneumocystis is an important opportunistic fungus that causes pneumonia in children and immunocompromised individuals. Recent genomic data show that divergence of major surface glycoproteins may confer speciation and host range selectivity.
Guixiang Dai +4 more
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Discontinuation of primary prophylaxis against Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in HIV-1-infected adults treated with combination antiretroviral therapy. Swiss HIV Cohort Study [PDF]
, 1999 BACKGROUND: It is unclear whether primary prophylaxis against Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia can be discontinued in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who are successfully treated with combination antiretroviral therapy.
Battegay, M. +10 more
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Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia
Tzu Chi Medical Journal, 2007 A 39-year-old man with AIDS suffered from fever for 1 week. Chest posteroanterior X-ray showed a ground glass appearance in the bilateral hilar areas. He died of respiratory failure. An autopsy proved a diagnosis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia characterized by foamy exudates in the alveolar spaces accompanied by lymphoplasma cell infiltration in the
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Endocarditis, Meningitis and Pneumocystis Pneumonia
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2016 Infective endocarditis (IE) is associated with high morbidity and mortality despite advances in antibiotic and surgical treatment. Systemic embolism occurs in up to 49% of IE patients and may involve the major arteries, limb arteries, viscera and the central nervous system. In this report we describe a 60-year-old female patient with a history of acute
Silva, Filipa +4 more
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Quantitative Economic Evaluations of HIV-Related Prevention and Treatment Services: A Review [PDF]
, 1994 Dr. Holtgrave and colleagues at the CDC set forth an extensive taxonomy of HIV prevention and treatment services and review reports of efforts to subject some of those services to formal economic evaluation.
Holtgrave, David R. +2 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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Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2015 BACKGROUND: Pneumocystis jirovecii (PJ), a pathogenic fungus, causes severe interstitial Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) among immunocompromised patients. A laboratory-developed real-time polyermase chain reaction (PCR) assay was validated for PJ detection ...
Deirdre L Church +7 more
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Diagnosis and management of pneumonia in the emergency department. [PDF]
, 2008 Pneumonia is a condition that is often treated by emergency physicians. This article reviews the diagnosis and management of pneumonia in the emergency department and highlights dilemmas in diagnostic testing, use of blood and sputum cultures, hospital ...
Abrahamian, Fredrick M +2 more
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mSphere, 2019 Pneumocystis pneumonia is the most common serious opportunistic infection in patients with HIV/AIDS. Furthermore, Pneumocystis pneumonia is a feared complication of the immunosuppressive drug regimens used to treat autoimmunity, malignancy, and ...
Taylor Eddens +6 more
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