PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII PNEUMONIA IN A FAMILY
| Autor: | Claude Weitz, Harry Chinchinian, James M. Watanabe, Samuel K. McIlvanie |
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| Rok vydání: | 1965 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics Hydrocortisone Epidemiology Plasma Cells Penicillin G Procaine Disease Penicillins Methylprednisolone Hypogammaglobulinemia Pharmacotherapy Drug Therapy Diagnosis medicine Humans Child Oxacillin business.industry Pneumonia Pneumocystis Penicillin G General Medicine Pneumonia medicine.disease United States Chloramphenicol Pneumocystis carinii Immunology business Procaine Pentamidine medicine.drug Isolated cases |
| Zdroj: | JAMA. 193 |
| ISSN: | 0098-7484 |
| Popis: | PLASMA-CELL PNEUMONIA due to infection with Pneumocystis carinii is commonly seen in Europe but has been comparatively rare in North America. Recently, an increasingly large number of cases have been reported in the United States and Canada. Many cases have been quite sporadic; however, there are a few areas in which large numbers of cases have been seen—namely, North Carolina 1 and Montreal. 2 The disease has occurred mainly in premature or debilitated infants. It has been reported in epidemic form in nurseries for the premature; however, isolated cases are the rule. In a few instances, the disease has occurred in siblings but these instances were associated with hypogammaglobulinemia 3 or other serious diseases. Most adult cases 4 were associated with chronic or fatal diseases, such as cancers, cytomegalic-inclusion disease, collagen diseases. No coexisting disease could be found in two cases. 5,6 Report of Cases The following concerns a family |
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