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PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII PNEUMONIA

American Journal of Roentgenology, 1966
Pneumocystis Carinii pneumonia most often occurs in debilitated infants and children or those with more specific alterations of the immune mechanism. The characteristic clinical picture is one of progressive respiratory distress and cyanosis, with relatively few physical findings pertaining to the thorax.
M A, Capitanio, J A, Kirkpatrick
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PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII PNEUMONIA

Medical Clinics of North America, 1997
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) remains an important complication of AIDS. Advances have been made in establishing the taxonomy of the organism but the life cycle of the organism and pathogenetic mechanisms of disease remain obscure. In HIV patients the incidence of PCP has decreased because of widespread use of prophylaxis and survival of those ...
J T, Santamauro, D E, Stover
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Pneumocystis Pneumonia: Still a Serious Disease in Children

Developmental Period Medicine, 2019
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia is a common opportunistic respiratory infection among children with human immunodeficiency virus and a weakened immune system.
M. Zakrzewska, R. Roszkowska, M. Zakrzewski, E. Maciorkowska   +3 more
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Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2010
Pneumocystis jirovecii has gained attention during the last decade in the context of the AIDS epidemic and the increasing use of cytotoxic and immunosuppressive therapies. This article summarizes current knowledge on biology, pathophysiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of pulmonary P jirovecii infection, with a particular focus ...
Catherinot, Emilie, Lanternier, Fanny, Bougnoux, Marie-Elisabeth, Lecuit, Marc, Couderc, Louis-Jean, Lortholary, Olivier   +5 more
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Pneumocystis cariniiPneumonia

New England Journal of Medicine, 1977
BY the middle of the 20th century, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonitis had not been recognized in North America.
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Pneumocystis pneumonia in the dog

Journal of Comparative Pathology, 1972
Abstract Pneumonia caused by Pneumocystis carinii occurred in 6 young, male, miniature dachshunds producing severe dyspnoea, although the dogs were afebrile and otherwise alert. The diffuse nature of the pulmonary disease and the resultant cardiac enlargement were visible radiographically.
B R, Farrow, A D, Watson, W J, Hartley, C R, Huxtable   +3 more
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Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

Journal of Thoracic Imaging, 1991
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) is the most common index diagnosis in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Eighty percent of AIDS patients will eventually develop PCP. Common presenting symptoms are shortness of breath, cough, weight loss, and fever.
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Pneumocystis: not just pneumonia

Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2005
Once known exclusively as the agents of severe pneumonia in immunocompromised individuals, Pneumocystis spp. are now being associated with asymptomatic carriage in hosts that do not have profound immune debilitation. In the absence of a cultivation system, polymerase chain reaction and histological studies have identified Pneumocystis in neonatal ...
J Chad, Peterson, Melanie T, Cushion
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Prophylaxis and treatment of Pneumocystis Jirovecii pneumonia after solid organ transplantation.

Pharmacological Research, 2018
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) is an opportunistic infection diagnosed in immunocompromized patients. After solid organ transplantation, early infection has decreased as a result of effective prophylaxis, but late infections and even outbreaks ...
S. Brakemeier, A. Pfau, B. Zukunft, K. Budde, P. Nickel   +4 more
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The association between Cytomegalovirus co‐infection with Pneumocystis pneumonia and mortality in immunocompromised non‐HIV patients

Clinical Respiratory Journal, 2018
Impact of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) co‐infection pneumonia in non‐HIV patients with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) is unclear.
P. Korkmaz Ekren, Z. Töreyin, P. Nahid, Mert Doskaya, Ayşe Caner, N. Turgay, A. Zeytinoğlu, S. Toz, F. Bacakoğlu, Y. Guruz, S. Erensoy   +10 more
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