Pneumocystis cariniiis a ubiquitous, unicellular eukaryote that causes opportunistic pneumonia in foals between 6 and 12 weeks of age.Pneumocystis pneumoniais a rarely recognized respiratory disorder, and has been associated with combined immunodeficiency syndrome, corticosteroid administration, CD4+lymphopenia,...
Pneumocystis jirovecii(formerlyPneumocystis carinii) can cause a choroidopathy as a result of systemic spread from primary lung infections. Multiple yellow placoid fundus lesions are seen. View chapterExplore book Respiratory Tract and Mediastinum
2).The sputum mNGS test result also showed a Pneumocystis jirovecii infection(Table 1) 2 days later, and the anti-infective regimen remained unchanged. Fig. 2 The change of neutrophil count and CRP in the clinical course of the patient Full size image The patient's temperature decreased, ...
The en-vironmental source(s) of the aetiologic agent is un-known and the infective stage of the parasite seemsnot to persist in the lungs. Thus, a possible linkbetween the primary infection, a subsequent pneu-mocystosis, and the host immune response has notbeen elucidated.Despite eiorts ...
A plausible explanation could be the known myelosuppressive side effects of anti-infective agents used as recommended standard treatment for toxoplasmosis (pyrimethamine) [13–15]. The substitution of folic acid routinely provided during TE-therapy with pyrimethamine only partially prevents this side ...