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CONVENTIONAL METHODS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED IRAQI PATIENTS
The Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016 Background: Pneumocystis jirovecii is the causative agent of pneumocystis pneumonia, one of the most frequent and severe opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients.
Isa S. Touhali +2 more
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Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, 2022 Background Biologics dramatically improve symptoms of severe asthma; however, various exacerbating factors may induce flare-up. Pneumocystis spp. have not been reported as a cause of asthma exacerbation during biologic use, although patients with severe ...
Kazuya Takeda +7 more
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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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Absolute lymphocyte count as a predictor of Pneumocystis pneumonia in patients previously unknown to have HIV [PDF]
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2012 This is a retrospective review of patients admitted to an inner city community hospital with community-acquired pneumonia who were ultimately diagnosed with AIDS and Pneumocystis. Absolute lymphocyte count in our hospital is available immediately.
Robert P. Ferguson, Aghogho A. Omene
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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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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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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 +8 more
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Genotypic variation in Pneumocystis jirovecii isolates in Britain
, 2005 Background: Pneumocystis jirovecii is the cause of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in immunosuppressed humans. Asymptomatic colonisation with P jirovecii may occur in patients with minor immunosuppression or chronic lung disease.
Davies, RJ +6 more
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Fatal sepsis in an AIDS patient during therapy for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia [PDF]
, 2002 The case of a patient with a newly diagnosed HIV infection and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia is presented. Despite treatment with high-dose trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) and prednisone with initial improvement, the patient acutely deteriorated
Täuber, MG +4 more
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Bendamustine and pneumocystis pneumonia: A systematic review
, 2022 BACKGROUND: Bendamustine, a bifunctional mechlorethamine alkylating agent, is used in the treatment of patients with hematologic malignancies. Myelosuppression and cytotoxic effect arises quite often after bendamustine treatment. To date, there have been
Gholipur‐Shahraki, Tahereh +11 more
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