A co-infection of varicella-zoster virus and Pneumocystis jirovecii in a non-HIV immunocompromised patient: a case report

BACKGROUND: Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) causes herpes zoster. Pneumocystis jirovecii (PJ) also causes pneumonia in immunocompromised hosts. Although both cause opportunistic infections, it is rare to have a co-infection in a non-human immunodeficiency virus carrier. CASE PRESENTATION: An 84-year-ol...

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Autores principales: Muramatsu, Hirotada, Kuriyama, Akira, Anzai, Yoshiaki, Ikegami, Tetsunori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6937912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31888503
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4715-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6937912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31888503
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4715-7

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