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Refractory acute respiratory failure due to Pneumocystis jiroveci (PCP) and Cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonitis: A case report and review of literature

BACKGROUND: Opportunistic infections with Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP) are common in patients with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and are encountered once the CD4 count decreases below 200 cells/mm3. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) tends to cause disease once the CD4 count drops below 50 cells/mm...

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Autores principales: Shah, Kairav, Cherabuddi, Kartikeya, Beal, Stacy G., Kalyatanda, Gautam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5581851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28879093
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2017.08.011