Absolute lymphocyte count as a predictor of Pneumocystis pneumonia in patients previously unknown to have HIV

This is a retrospective review of patients admitted to an inner city community hospital with community-acquired pneumonia who were ultimately diagnosed with AIDS and Pneumocystis. Absolute lymphocyte count in our hospital is available immediately. In contrast, it can take 48 hours or longer to obtai...

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Autores principales: Omene, Aghogho A., Ferguson, Robert P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2012
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3714091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23882358
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v2i1.15696
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description This is a retrospective review of patients admitted to an inner city community hospital with community-acquired pneumonia who were ultimately diagnosed with AIDS and Pneumocystis. Absolute lymphocyte count in our hospital is available immediately. In contrast, it can take 48 hours or longer to obtain more specific CD-4 counts and AIDS enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) serology. The association of lymphopenia with ultimate diagnosis of AIDS and Pneumocystis supports immediate empiric treatment for pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) in our highly HIV prevalent hospital.
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spelling pubmed-37140912013-07-23 Absolute lymphocyte count as a predictor of Pneumocystis pneumonia in patients previously unknown to have HIV Omene, Aghogho A. Ferguson, Robert P. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect Brief Report This is a retrospective review of patients admitted to an inner city community hospital with community-acquired pneumonia who were ultimately diagnosed with AIDS and Pneumocystis. Absolute lymphocyte count in our hospital is available immediately. In contrast, it can take 48 hours or longer to obtain more specific CD-4 counts and AIDS enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) serology. The association of lymphopenia with ultimate diagnosis of AIDS and Pneumocystis supports immediate empiric treatment for pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) in our highly HIV prevalent hospital. Co-Action Publishing 2012-04-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3714091/ /pubmed/23882358 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v2i1.15696 Text en © 2012 Aghogho A. Omene and Robert P. Ferguson http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3714091/
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