Pneumocystis colonization is defined as detection of the organism or its DNA in respiratory samples from individuals who do not have signs or symptoms of pneumonia. From:Molecular Medical Microbiology (Third Edition),2024 Add to Mendeley Also in subject areas: ...
Immunocompetent women are said not to have Pneumocystis complications in pregnancy, but investigators have proved otherwise. Neonatal Pneumocystis pneumonia was reported decades before the HIV epidemic. Pneumocystis organisms have been found by PCR in placentas and lungs of fifteen fetuses delivered from...
Suspicion for Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) is based on clinical signs or symptoms of pneumonia in a person with immune suppression, especially when due to HIV infection. Diagnosis is made by detection of the organism in either induced sputum or bronchoalveolar lavage. The treatment of choice is tr...
The symptoms of pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) includedyspnea(difficulty breathing), nonproductive cough, and fever. Chest X-rays show infiltrates in bothlungs. Typically, in untreated PCP, increasing pulmonary involvement leads to death. There is considerable debate over the classification of Pneumocystis....
Sputum specimens from 45 patients presenting with pneumonia/symptoms of pneumonia admitted to hospitals in the Port Elizabeth region were assessed. Details of patient's gender, age, HIV and Mycobacterium tuberculosis status were provided by the hospitals. PCRs were performed employing primers directed ...
Nobuyuki Miyasaka2 and Masayoshi Harigai1,2,17* Abstract Background: Sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim (SMX/TMP) is a standard drug for the prophylaxis of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PJP) in immunosuppressed patients with systemic rheumatic diseases, but is sometimes discontinued due to adverse events (AEs)....
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia was the first manifestation of AIDS in nine patients. The duration of symptoms prior to treatment was 19.6±11.3 days. At the time of hospital admission, laboratory findings were as follows: PaO2=40.7±7.8 mm Hg on room air; serum LDH = 1,172±792 IU/L; T4...