PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI
Diagnostic Accuracy of Serum 1,3 β d Glucan for Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia, Invasive Candidiasis, and Invasive Aspergillosis: Systematic Review and Meta Analysis
... Fifth, the diagnostic accuracy for IFI of the BG assay was mod- erate, with high statistical heterogeneity. While there are several molecular and serological assays for the diagnosis of specific types of IFI, which can ...
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Adjunctive corticosteroids for Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in patients with HIV infection: a meta analysis of randomised controlled trials
... Funnel plot to evaluate the presence of a publication bias in trials investigating adjunctive corticosteroids for pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in HIV-infected patients. The funnel graph plots the log of ...
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Late Onset Combined Immunodeficiency Presenting with Recurrent Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia
... Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID), despite being a relatively rare condition, represents the most commonly encountered primary immunodeficiency in clinical practice associated with clinically significant antibody ...
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The unmasking of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia during reversal of immunosuppression: case reports and literature review
... Pneumocystis jiroveci (Pj) (previously known as Pneumo- cystis carinii ...then Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) had only been reported sporadically in patients with malignancies and solid organ ...
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Genotyping and Coalescent Phylogenetic Analysis of Pneumocystis jiroveci from South Africa
... of Pneumocystis jiroveci internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions has become an impor- tant epidemiological ...P. jiroveci genotypes present in Cape Town, South Africa; and resolve the lineage ...
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Prevalence of colonization and mitochondrial large subunit rRNA mutation of Pneumocystis jiroveci among Iranian children
... Objectives: Pneumocystis jiroveci is an important causative agent of Pneumocystis ...to Pneumocystis occurs and antibody was built in early ...P. jiroveci in children without any ...
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Role of Clinical Methods, Chest Skiagram Sputum Microscopy and PCR in Diagnosis of Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia in HIV Patients with CD4 count less than 200 and the clinical outcome: A Comparative study in a Tertiary Care Hospital
... OF PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI PNEUMONIA IN HIV PATIENTS WITH CD4 COUNT LESS THAN 200 AND THE CLINICAL OUTCOME -A COMPARATIVE STUDY IN TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL” submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine in ...
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Pneumocystis jiroveci Internal Transcribed Spacer Types in Patients Colonized by the Fungus and in Patients with Pneumocystosis from the Same French Geographic Region
... Pneumocystis jiroveci (human-derived Pneumocystis) infections can display a broad spectrum of clinical presentations, of which pulmonary colonization with the fungus may represent an important part, ...
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Original Article Comparison of caspofungin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole combination therapy with standard monotherapy in patients with Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia following kidney transplantation: a retrospective analysis of 22 cases
... Abstract: Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP) is one of the most common and fatal opportunistic infections of renal transplant ...P. jiroveci was determined by direct fluorescence staining, PCR ...
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Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia in an Immunocompetent Female Patient
... The x-ray findings of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia are similar in HIV positive and negative patients. Typically, pulmonary involvement is often bilateral [4]. The X ray chest shows bilateral and diffuse ...
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The impact of trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole as Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia prophylaxis on the occurrence of asymptomatic bacteriuria and urinary tract infections among renal allograft recipients: a retrospective before after study
... Bacteriuria which is the most common infectious com- plication after renal transplantation [1] is categorised in asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) and urinary tract infec- tions (UTIs) as cystitis and allograft ...
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Genotypes at the Internal Transcribed Spacers of the Nuclear rRNA Operon of Pneumocystis jiroveci in Nonimmunosuppressed Infants without Severe Pneumonia
... P. jiroveci genome, whereas ITS regions are present in only one copy (7, ...P. jiroveci or- ganisms present in an NPA is usually ...P. jiroveci DNA re- mains small and the DNA cannot be directly ...
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Limited asymptomatic carriage of Pneumocystis jiroveci in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients
... P. jiroveci infection occurs; if reinfection during adult life can occur, then susceptible patients should be protected from po- tential sources of ...P. jiroveci isolates and that not all immunosuppressed ...
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Prognostic factors for severe Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia of non HIV patients in intensive care unit: a bicentric retrospective study
... PJP: Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia; PUMCH: Peking Union Medical College Hospital; TMP-SMX: Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole; VAP: Ventilator-associated pneumonia; WBC: White blood cell ...
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Early use of corticosteroids in infants with a clinical diagnosis of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in Malawi : a double blinded, randomised clinical trial
... The gold standard in terms of diagnosis is evidence of pathology on lung biopsy as identifying CMV in respiratory specimens may or may not be associated with pneumonia.9 In a systematic [r] ...
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Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in kidney and simultaneous pancreas kidney transplant recipients in the present era of routine post-transplant prophylaxis: risk factors and outcomes
... We reviewed adult recipients of kidney transplant or simul- taneous pancreas and kidney transplant at the University of Wisconsin between January 1, 1994 and December 31, 2016. Data were collected from the Wisconsin ...
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Pneumocystis jiroveci Infection in Patients With Hyper–Immunoglobulin E Syndrome
... Patient 6, the 16-year-old sibling of patient 5, pre- sented at the same time as her sister with nasal conges- tion but denied fever and cough. She had an HIES score of 64 points with a history of chronic sinusitis and ...
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Clinical and laboratory characteristics of penicilliosis marneffei among patients with and without HIV infection in Northern Thailand: a retrospective study
... Many patients in both groups had previous history of or concomitant opportunistic infections that are usually the indicators of defect in cell-mediated immunity. How- ever, penicilliosis marneffei was the first ...
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Etiology of Respiratory Complications among Iranian HIV Infected Patients
... Spectrum of lung complications occurring in HIV infected individuals, especially infections, is different in diverse geographic regions (10) depending on local epidemiology, efficacy of public health to detect HIV cases ...
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Next generation sequencing in early diagnosis of pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia after chemotherapy: a case report
... of Pneumocystis pneumonia is increasing in immunosuppressive ...treat Pneumocystis pneumonia in the early stage has become an important issue for ...as Pneumocystis jiroveci, which was treated ...
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