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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, Oehler, T, Piso, RJ, Rossi, M, Nguyen, XM   +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, Mardani, M., Atousa Hakamifard, Mardani, Masoud, Nasiri, M. J., Hakamifard, Atousa, Masoud Mardani, Gholipur-Shahraki, T., Nasiri, Mohammad Javad, Tahereh Gholipur‐Shahraki, Hakamifard, A., Mohammad Javad Nasiri   +11 more
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Pneumocystis pneumonia mimicking COVID-19 [PDF]

, 2020
Background. The new coronavirus infection COVID-19 caused by a SARS-CoV-2 zoonotic beta-coronavirus has radically transformed the conventional concept of the immune systems participation in an infectious process.
Alexander V. Averyanov, Viktor N. Lesnyak, Anna G. Sotnikova   +2 more
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Diagnostic Performance of Bronchoalveolar Lavage (1,3)-β-d-Glucan Assay for Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia

Journal of Fungi, 2020
We evaluated the performance of the (1,3)-β-d-glucan (BDG) assay on bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) as a possible aid to the diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia.
Shiwei Zhou, Kathleen A. Linder, Carol A. Kauffman, Blair J. Richards, Steve Kleiboeker, Marisa H. Miceli   +5 more
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A case of spontaneous pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum & subcutaneous emphysema in Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia complicating HIV

Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015
Spontaneous pneumothorax and subcutaneous emphysema are well-known but less common complications of pneumocystis pneumonia, whereas pnuemomediastinum is rare.
S Chatterji, D Pal, MK Ghosh, A Naskar, S Pal, S Mullick, I Bhattacharya   +6 more
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Virtual Screening of Phytochemicals to Novel Target (HAT) Rtt109 in Pneumocystis Jirovecii using Bioinformatics Tools [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Introduction: Pneumocystis jirovecii is a fungus that causes Pneumocystis pneumonia in HIV and other immunosuppressed patients. Treatment of Pneumocystis pneumonia with the currently available antifungals is challenging and associated with ...
Ramya Sugumar, Abhinand Ponneri Adithavarman, Anusha Dakshinamoorthi, Darling Chellathai David, Padmavathi Kannan Ragunath   +4 more
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Frequency of trichomonads as coinfecting agents in Pneumocystis pneumonia

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the incidence of the association of Trichomonas and Pneumocystis in the lung. STUDY DESIGN: Sixty-six bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) samples from immunocompromised patients with pneumocystosis were retrospectively examined ...
Durand-Joly I, Leclerc C, Capron M, Duboucher C, Viscogliosi E, Gerbod D, Pham S, Noel C, Delgado-Viscogliosi P, Dei-Cas E   +9 more
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CD4+ T-cell independent secondary immune responses to Pneumocystis pneumonia

Frontiers in Immunology, 2016
Pneumocystis pneumonia is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among immunocompromised patients, especially in the context of HIV/AIDS. In the murine model of Pneumocystis pneumonia, CD4+ T-cells are required for clearance of a primary infection of ...
Nicholas M de la Rua, Derrick Richard Samuelson, Tysheena P Charles, David Allen Welsh, Judd E. Shellito   +4 more
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Pneumocystis Pneumonia During Medicamentous Treatment of Cushing’s Syndrome – A Description of Two Cases

Acta Medica, 2011
Only a few cases of pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in Cushing’s syndrome have been published in the literature so far. In the majority of these patients, the pneumonia occurred after reduction of the hypercortisolism with medicamentous treatment. We report
Filip Gabalec, Alžběta Zavřelová, Eduard Havel, Jaroslav Cerman, jr., Jakub Radocha, Ioannis Svilias, Jan Čáp   +6 more
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Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in a non-small cell lung cancer patient on chemoradiotherapy: A case report

Saudi Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences, 2020
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia is a very uncommon complication in lung cancer patients. We report the case of a 59-year-old, Stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer (epidermoid) patient who was receiving concurrent chemotherapy scheme (cisplatin ...
Kevin Doello, Víctor Amezcua, Javier García, Javier Valdivia   +3 more
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