Pneumocystis and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Coinfection: A Case Report and Review of an Emerging Diagnostic Dilemma

We present a case of a critically ill patient with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) found to have acquired immune deficiency syndrome and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP). Coronavirus disease 2019 and PCP co-occurrence is increasingly reported and may complicate diagnostic and therapeutic s...

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Autores principales: Rubiano, Carlos, Tompkins, Kathleen, Sellers, Subhashini A, Bramson, Brian, Eron, Joseph, Parr, Jonathan B, Schranz, Asher J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Novel ID Cases
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7798538/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33537365
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa633
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Sumario:We present a case of a critically ill patient with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) found to have acquired immune deficiency syndrome and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP). Coronavirus disease 2019 and PCP co-occurrence is increasingly reported and may complicate diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. Patients with severe COVID-19 should be screened for underlying immunocompromise and coinfections should be considered.

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