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Extrapulmonary Pneumocystis carinii infections
Extrapulmonary Pneumocystis carinii infections
- Source :
- Reviews of infectious diseases. 12(3)
- Publication Year :
- 1990
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Abstract
- A case of disseminated infection with Pneumocystis carinii is presented, and the Englishlanguage literature is reviewed for cases of documented extrapulmonary infection with this organism. In this case- with P. carinii diffusely replacing the bone marrow and causing hepatic, adrenal, and glomerular tuft necrosis - the clinical illness and multiple-organ dysfunction attributed to disseminated P carinii were more severe than had previously been described. Because the rate of extrapulmonary R carinii infection found at autopsy in patients with AIDS is at least 2.5% at our institution, we caution against the routine use of aerosol rather than parenteral pentamidine for treatment of P carinii pneumonia until additional data are available. Pneumocystis carinii is the most common agent causing opportunistic infection in patients with AIDS. Over 60% of patients with AIDS reported to the Centers for Disease Control have presented with P carinii pneumonia (PCP) as their initial op
- Subjects :
- Microbiology (medical)
Adult
Male
Opportunistic infection
Autopsy
Opportunistic Infections
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
parasitic diseases
Pneumocystosis
Medicine
Humans
Sarcoma, Kaposi
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
business.industry
Pneumocystis
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis
bacterial infections and mycoses
medicine.disease
respiratory tract diseases
Pneumonia
Infectious Diseases
Pneumocystis carinii
Mycoses
Immunology
Viral disease
business
Pentamidine
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01620886
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Reviews of infectious diseases
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a0cf61d70275759771045045fed40a82