| Autor: |
Balasubramanian VP; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Department of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226, USA., Komorowski RA, Santo Tomas LH |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
WMJ : official publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin [WMJ] 2006 Jan; Vol. 105 (1), pp. 62-5. |
| Abstrakt: |
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) is a life-threatening opportunistic infection that occurs in immunocompromised hosts, especially patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). However, this infection is increasing in frequency in other immunosuppressed patients, including organ transplant recipients and those with malignancy who are treated with chemotherapeutic regimens. It carries a relatively high mortality in the non-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) population. Pleural involvement is rare with PCP; all reported cases in the literature are associated with HIV disease and characterized as small effusions. We report a case of a renal transplant recipient with PCP and moderate-sized pleural effusion with pneumocystis cysts. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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