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Pneumocystis Pneumonia in HIV-positive Adults, Malawi
In a prospective study of 660 HIV-positive Malawian adults, we diagnosed Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PcP) using clinical features, induced sputum for immunofluorescent staining, real-time PCR, and posttreatment follow-up. PcP incidence was highest in patients with the lowest CD4 counts but unc...
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2725875/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17479904 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060462 |
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| author | van Oosterhout, Joep J.G. Laufer, Miriam K. Perez, M. Arantza Graham, Stephen M. Chimbiya, Nelson Thesing, Phillip C. Álvarez-Martinez, Miriam J. Wilson, Paul E. Chagomerana, Maganizo Zijlstra, Eduard E. Taylor, Terrie E. Plowe, Christopher V. Meshnick, Steven R. |
| author_facet | van Oosterhout, Joep J.G. Laufer, Miriam K. Perez, M. Arantza Graham, Stephen M. Chimbiya, Nelson Thesing, Phillip C. Álvarez-Martinez, Miriam J. Wilson, Paul E. Chagomerana, Maganizo Zijlstra, Eduard E. Taylor, Terrie E. Plowe, Christopher V. Meshnick, Steven R. |
| author_sort | van Oosterhout, Joep J.G. |
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| description | In a prospective study of 660 HIV-positive Malawian adults, we diagnosed Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PcP) using clinical features, induced sputum for immunofluorescent staining, real-time PCR, and posttreatment follow-up. PcP incidence was highest in patients with the lowest CD4 counts but uncommon compared with incidences of pulmonary tuberculosis and bacterial pneumonia. |
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| spelling | pubmed-27258752009-09-10 Pneumocystis Pneumonia in HIV-positive Adults, Malawi van Oosterhout, Joep J.G. Laufer, Miriam K. Perez, M. Arantza Graham, Stephen M. Chimbiya, Nelson Thesing, Phillip C. Álvarez-Martinez, Miriam J. Wilson, Paul E. Chagomerana, Maganizo Zijlstra, Eduard E. Taylor, Terrie E. Plowe, Christopher V. Meshnick, Steven R. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch In a prospective study of 660 HIV-positive Malawian adults, we diagnosed Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PcP) using clinical features, induced sputum for immunofluorescent staining, real-time PCR, and posttreatment follow-up. PcP incidence was highest in patients with the lowest CD4 counts but uncommon compared with incidences of pulmonary tuberculosis and bacterial pneumonia. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-02 /pmc/articles/PMC2725875/ /pubmed/17479904 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060462 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited. |
| spellingShingle | Dispatch van Oosterhout, Joep J.G. Laufer, Miriam K. Perez, M. Arantza Graham, Stephen M. Chimbiya, Nelson Thesing, Phillip C. Álvarez-Martinez, Miriam J. Wilson, Paul E. Chagomerana, Maganizo Zijlstra, Eduard E. Taylor, Terrie E. Plowe, Christopher V. Meshnick, Steven R. Pneumocystis Pneumonia in HIV-positive Adults, Malawi |
| title | Pneumocystis Pneumonia in HIV-positive Adults, Malawi |
| title_full | Pneumocystis Pneumonia in HIV-positive Adults, Malawi |
| title_fullStr | Pneumocystis Pneumonia in HIV-positive Adults, Malawi |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pneumocystis Pneumonia in HIV-positive Adults, Malawi |
| title_short | Pneumocystis Pneumonia in HIV-positive Adults, Malawi |
| title_sort | pneumocystis pneumonia in hiv-positive adults, malawi |
| topic | Dispatch |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2725875/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17479904 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060462 |
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