Pneumocystis Pneumonia Secondary to Idiopathic CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia: A Comparison of AIDS and Non-AIDS Patients
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A 67-year-old man was admitted to our hospital complaining of dry cough. Chest computed tomography showed diffuse infiltrates and ground-glass opacities in the bilateral lung fields. Transbronchial lung biopsy specimens showed alveoli filled with yeast-like fungi. With a diagnosis of pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP), he was given oral sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim, to which he responded well. However, seven months later, PCP relapsed. Analyses revealed a low bronchoalveolar lavage fluid CD4/CD8 ratio of 0.04 and CD4+ lymphocytopenia (250/μL). Despite intensive work-up, we were unable to detect the underlying cause of CD4+ lymphocytopenia; therefore, a final diagnosis of idiopathic CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia was made.
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CD4+ lymphocytopenia due to common variable immunodeficiency mimicking AIDS.
There are an increasing number of published reports of patients with acquired immunodeficiency without evidence of HIV infection, who have been labelled as having "idiopathic CD4+ lymphocytopenia". The case is reported here of a young man who presented with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), CD4+ lymphopenia, and hypogammaglobulinaemia attributable to common variable immunodeficiency (CVID)....
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