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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Guru, Prasadini
• Paul, Beena
• Ramani Bai, J

Titel

Case of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in a non-AIDS patient

Ist Teil von

• The journal of the Academy of Clinical Microbiologists, 2016-01, Vol.18 (1), p.44-46

Ort / Verlag

Wolters Kluwer - Medknow Publications

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Pneumocystis jirovecii is widely known as an important cause of pneumonia in immunocompromised hosts. It remains a leading cause of opportunistic infection, morbidity and mortality in these patients. Here, a case of severe P. jirovecii pneumonia in a post-renal transplant patient is described. Giemsa and Gomor methenamine silver stain of sputum showed cysts of P. jirovecii. Despite treatment with Trimethoprim- Sulfamethoxazole, the patient developed severe respiratory failure and expired.