Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia, Nocardia brasiliensis, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis co-infection in a myasthenia gravis patient
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Pneumocystis jirovecci is an opportunist fungal agent that usually causes pneumonia in immunocompromised patients, particularly those presenting with AIDS. In rare cases, this fungus can cause pneumonia in immunocompetent patients. The symptomatology in this case is acute and fulminant. We report the case of a Pneumocystis jirovecci pneumonia in a young patient initially admitted for acute resp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicine
سال: 2021
ISSN: 0025-7974,1536-5964
DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000024245