This study describes the molecular typing of Pneumocystis jiroveci organisms from 5 nonpremature immunocompetent infants who developed a primary infection. Four P. jiroveci internal transcribed spacer (ITS) types were identified. All have been previously described in reports concerning immunosuppressed adults with pneumocystosis. Present data suggest that identical types can be implicated eithe...

Objectives: This study considers 489 autopsies of HIV/AIDS patients who died from acute respiratory failure and describes the demographic data, etiology, and histological pulmonary findings of HIV associated diseases, comparing results before and after introduction of antiretroviral therapy. Methods: The following data were obtained: age, sex, and major associated diseases (found at the autopsy...

We report a case of methemoglobinemia with significant hemoglobin desaturation in a young female with AIDS who was being treated for Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia. A review of the etiology, pathophysiology, and treatment of methemoglobinemia is presented.

Five (15.5%) of the 33 pregnant women had P. jiroveci DNA in their nasal swab samples versus none (0%) of the 28 nonpregnant controls (p=0.04 by 1-sided Fisher exact test). Immunologic parameters were not tested. The P. jiroveci–positive women were all multiparous with 1 (n=2), 2 (n=2), or 3 (n=1) previous pregnancies. These results suggest that pregnancy is a host factor that favors asymptomat...

To the Editor: Our 2002 article in Emerging Infectious Diseases about nomenclature changes for organisms in the genus Pneumocystis (1) has been widely cited and probably will remain a source for persons seeking information about this subject. Therefore, we need to correct an error in 1 of the species names presented in our article and in the 1999 article by Frenkel (2) on which our article was ...

INTRODUCTION Pneumocystis jiroveci is an opportunistic infectious fungus in immunosuppressed patients, particularly in ones with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The use of immunosuppressive drugs especially corticosteroids predisposes the transplanted patients to a variety of infectious diseases including Pneumocystis infection. In many developed countries, the incidence of Pneumocys...

OBJECTIVE To establish the aetiology of chronic cough in HIV-infected patients with negative sputum smears for Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB). DESIGN A cross-sectional descriptive study. SETTING Kenyatta National Hospital, a tertiary referral centre in Kenya SUBJECTS Sixty five HIV-infected adults presenting with chronic cough and negative sputum smears for AFBs. RESULTS Sixty-two patients wer...

© 2010 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/00015555-0977 Journal Compilation © 2010 Acta Dermato-Venereologica. ISSN 0001-5555 Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are severe adverse cutaneous reactions to drugs. We report here the first case of severe pneumonia caused by an unusual combined infection with Pneumocystis carinii (jiroveci), parainfluenza virus type 3, cytomeg...