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Survey of the Transcription Factor Responses of Mouse Lung Alveolar Macrophages to Pneumocystis murina

Pathogens, 2021
Pneumocystis jirovecii is a fungal pathogen that can cause life-threatening infections in individuals who are immunocompromised. Acquired via inhalation, upon entering the respiratory tract, the fungi first encounter innate immune cells such as alveolar ...
Theodore J. Kottom, Kyle Schaefbauer, Eva M. Carmona, Andrew H. Limper   +3 more
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Case Report: Successful treatment of severe pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in a case series of primary nephrotic syndrome after receiving anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody therapy

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023
Rituximab is emerging as a new steroid sparing agent in children with difficult-to-treat nephrotic syndrome due to its ability of depleting CD20-positive B cells.
Lili Liu, Weihua Zheng, Ping Wang, Ying Wu, Guanghua Zhu, Rong Yang, Li Gu, Wenyan Huang, Yulin Kang   +8 more
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Increasing Pneumocystis pneumonia, England, UK, 2000-2010. [PDF]

, 2013
After an increase in the number of reported cases of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in England, we investigated data from 2000-2010 to verify the increase. We analyzed national databases for microbiological and clinical diagnoses of P.
Nichols, Gordon, Katherine L. Henderson, Nick Phin, Maini, Rishma, Delpech, Valerie, Gordon Nichols, Valerie Delpech, Rishma Maini, Phin, Nick, Theresa Lamagni, Henderson, Katherine L, Elizabeth A. Sheridan, Lamagni, Theresa, Sheridan, Elizabeth A   +13 more
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Smoldering adult T-cell leukemia complicated with pneumocystis pneumonia: A case report

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2021
Adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) is a tumor of CD4-positive T cells that accompanies an infection by human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV-I). ATL is classified into four types—acute, lymphomatous, chronic, and smoldering.
Kazuma Kawamoto, Masahiro Yamasaki, Masaya Taniwaki, Mituhiro Itagaki, Wakako Daido, Yu Matsumoto, Naoko Matsumoto, Yusuke Izumi, Masaya Otohara, Nobuyuki Ohashi, Noboru Hattori   +10 more
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Dihydropteroate synthase gene mutations in Pneumocystis and sulfa resistance [PDF]

, 2004
Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) remains a major cause of illness and death in HIV-infected persons. Sulfa drugs, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) and dapsone are mainstays of PCP treatment and prophylaxis.
Meja Rabodonirina, Chiara Atzori, Benfield, T, Helweg-Larsen, J, Rabodonirina, Meja, Robert Miller, Crothers, KA, Thomas Benfield, Huang, Laurence, Atzori, C, Rabodonirina, M, Laurence Huang, Kristina Crothers, Miller, R, Haung, L, Helweg-Larsen, Jannik, Jannik Helweg-Larsen, Miller, Robert, Crothers, Kristina, Benfield, Thomas, Atzori, Chiara   +20 more
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Genetic Polymorphisms of Superoxide Dismutase Locus of Pneumocystis jirovecii in Spanish Population

Frontiers in Public Health, 2019
Objective:Pneumocystis pneumonia remains a major opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients worldwide. Colonization with Pneumocystis jirovecii has recently gained attention as an important issue for understanding the complete cycle of human ...
Rubén Morilla, Rubén Morilla, Rubén Morilla, Amaia González-Magaña, Amaia González-Magaña, Vicente Friaza, Yaxsier de Armas, Francisco J. Medrano, Francisco J. Medrano, Enrique J. Calderón, Enrique J. Calderón, Carmen de la Horra, Carmen de la Horra   +12 more
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Discontinuation of secondary prophylaxis against Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in patients with HIV infection who have a response to antiretroviral therapy [PDF]

, 2001
Background: Patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and a history of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia are at high risk for relapse if they are not given secondary prophylaxis. Whether secondary prophylaxis against P.
H. Furrer, Uberti-Foppa, C., Pradier, C., Bickel, M, Monforte, A D´Arminio, Bickel, M., M. M. E. Schneider, Uberti-Foppa, C, O. Kirk, Furrer, H, Kirk, O., Schneider, M. M., Kirk, O, Lundgren, Jens Dilling, Ledergerber, B., Mocroft, A., Ledergerber, B, Lundgren, J.D., M. Bickel, P. Reiss, Lundgren, J. D., d'Arminio Monforte, A., Pradier, C, A. d'Arminio Monforte, Lederberger, B., Furrer, H., Reiss, P, Schneider, MM, A. Mocroft, for eight European HIV Cohorts, B. Ledergerber, C. Pradier, J. D. Lundgren, Schneider, M.M.E., Mocroft, A, Reiss, P., C. Uberti Foppa   +36 more
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Pneumocystis Pneumonia: Pitfalls and Hindrances to Establishing a Reliable Animal Model

Journal of Fungi, 2022
Pneumocystis pneumonia is a severe lung infection that occurs primarily in largely immunocompromised patients. Few treatment options exist, and the mortality rate remains substantial. To develop new strategies in the fields of diagnosis and treatment, it
Adélaïde Chesnay, Christophe Paget, Nathalie Heuzé-Vourc’h, Thomas Baranek, Guillaume Desoubeaux   +4 more
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DETECTION OF PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII (JIROVECI) FROM IRAQI PATIENTS WITH LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS

The Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016
Background: Pneumocystis carinii is one of the rare fungi which cause pneumonia in immunocompromised patients. It is important to detect the fungus from the clinical specimens of suspected patients by laboratory tests. Objective:To identify Pneumocystis
Manahil M. Yehia, Zainalabideen A. Abdulla   +1 more
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Features of clinical manifestations and diagnosis of comorbidity of disseminated pulmonary tuberculosis, coronavirus, pneumocystis and pneumococcal pneumonia in patients with late stages of HIV infection with immunodeficiency

Consilium Medicum, 2023
Aim. To study the features of clinical manifestations and diagnosis of comorbidity of disseminated pulmonary tuberculosis, coronavirus, pneumocystis and pneumococcal pneumonia in patients with late stages of HIV infection with immunodeficiency ...
Vladimir Y. Mishin, Anastasiia V. Mishina, Dmitry A. Lezhnev, Aleksandr L. Sobkin, Ivan V. Shashenkov   +4 more
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