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Pneumocystis colonisation is common among hospitalised HIV infected patients with non-Pneumocystis pneumonia

, 2008
Background:When Pneumocystis DNA is recovered from respiratory specimens of patients without Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP), patients are said to be colonised with Pneumocystis, although the significance of this state is unknown. Understanding risk factors
Welsh, D A, Beard, C B, Charbonnet, D, Swartzman, A, Morris, A, Davis, J L, Crothers, K, Huang, L, Jones, J L, Lawrence, G G, Fox, M R   +10 more
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Immune responses of different hosts to Pneumocystis infection

European Respiratory Review
Pneumocystis pneumonia constitutes a critical life-threatening opportunistic infection, where the host's immune response plays a central role in its pathogenesis.
Jun Li, Xiangdong Mu, Haichao Li, Xinmin Liu   +3 more
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Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: an old disease with a new name. [PDF]

, 2006
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia has historically been one of the most common opportunistic pneumonias and life-threatening infectious complications in HIV-infected patients.
Aleksonienė, Regina,, Matulionytė, Raimonda,, Ambrozaitis, Arvydas,, Paulauskienė, Rasute,   +3 more
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Update on the diagnosis and treatment of pneumonia

Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease, 2011
Pneumocystis is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that causes an often-lethal pneumonia in immunocompromised hosts. Although the organism was discovered in the early 1900s, the first cases of Pneumocystis pneumonia in humans were initially recognized in ...
Eva M. Carmona, Andrew H. Limper
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A protracted course of Pneumocystis pneumonia in the setting of an immunosuppressed child with GMS-negative bronchoalveolar lavage

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2016
We report a case of Pneumocystis pneumonia in a 5-year-old male with Trisomy 21 and acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The lack of response to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole raised concerns for antimicrobial resistance.
Taylor Eddens, Eunkyung Song, Monica I. Ardura, Jay K. Kolls   +3 more
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pneumonia in a healthy immunocompetent patient: A case report and literature review

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia, typically an opportunistic infection, is commonly associated with risk factors such as low CD4+ lymphocyte count, underlying malignancies, organ transplantation, or immunosuppressive medications.
Houda Rouis, Chirine Moussa, Yoldez Houcine, Ines Zendah, Hamida Kwas, Habib Ghedira, Sonia Maâlej   +6 more
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Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia in Two Immunosuppressed Non-HIV Infected Patients: A Clinical and Therapeutic Analysis [PDF]

Weiran Li, Mao Hua, Jin Guo, Wenbo Jia Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Qinghai University, Xining, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Mao Hua, Qinghai University Affiliated Hospital, No.
Li W, Guo J, Jia W, Hua M
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Coexistência de infeções oportunistas pulmonares num doente com infeção por vírus da imunodeficiência humana e uma forma persistente de pneumonia por Pneumocystis jirovecii: caso clínico

Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia, 2013
Resumo: Como é sabido, nos doentes com infeção por vírus da imunodeficiência humana (VIH) existe um alto risco de ocorrência de infeções oportunistas (IO), tais como as infeções por Pneumocystis jirovecii, um agente patogénico com distribuição mundial ...
D. Ponces Bento, F. Esteves, O. Matos, A.C. Miranda, F. Ventura, C. Araújo, K. Mansinho   +6 more
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Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in solid organ transplant recipients: a descriptive analysis for the Swiss Transplant Cohort. [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND Descriptive data on Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) in solid organ transplant recipients (SOTr) in the era of routine Pneumocystis-prophylaxis are lacking. METHODS All adult SOTr between 2008-2016 were included.
Mueller, Nicolas J, Banz Wüthrich, Vanessa, Beldi, Guido, Swiss Transplant, Cohort Study, Manuel, Oriol, van Delden, Christian, Hirzel, Cédric, Neofytos, Dionysios, Lecompte, Thanh, Khanna, Nina, Boely, Elsa, Stirnimann, Guido, Boggian, Katia, Cusini, Alexia   +13 more
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Risk Factors for Breakthrough Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia on Aerosol Pentamidine Prophylaxis

Canadian Respiratory Journal, 1995
OBJECTIVE: To identify baseline characteristics of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals on aerosol pentamidine for Pneumocystis carinii prophylaxis that are predictive of subsequent breakthrough Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP).
RA McIvor, AR Rachlis, P Berger, LR Lee Pack, Charles K Chan   +4 more
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