Pneumocystosis as a Complication of H1N1 Influenza A Infection in an HIV-Positive Patient on Effective cART

H1N1 influenza A virus can affect the immune system, causing lymphopenia. This might be of great concern for HIV individuals undergoing effective antireroviral therapy (cART). We report the first confirmed case of H1N1-induced AIDS and Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in an HIV-positive woman on effe...

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Autores principales: Franconi, Iacopo, Monari, Caterina, Tutone, Marco, Ciusa, Giacomo, Corradi, Luca, Franceschini, Erica, Meschiari, Marianna, Puzzolante, Cinzia, Gennari, William, Pecorari, Monica, Guaraldi, Giovanni, Mussini, Cristina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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ID Case
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6453522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30976606
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz105
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Sumario:H1N1 influenza A virus can affect the immune system, causing lymphopenia. This might be of great concern for HIV individuals undergoing effective antireroviral therapy (cART). We report the first confirmed case of H1N1-induced AIDS and Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in an HIV-positive woman on effective cART since 2006.

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