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The acquired immune deficiency syndrome: problems associated with the management of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.

J Infect. 1985 Sep;11(2):103-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/86035472
Farthing CF; Shanson DC; Gazzard BG

Abstract: Four fatal and two non-fatal cases of pneumonia caused by Pneumocystis carinii and one case of co-trimoxazole-responsive interstitial pneumonia, all in homosexual patients with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome, are described. The lack of clinical signs in the chest and of abnormal radiological findings at presentation in three of the six patients with P. carinii infection, the rapidly progressive course of the disease, as well as the need for early diagnosis and treatment are stressed. The possibility of chemoprophylaxis against P. carinii is discussed.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS Adult Antibodies/ANALYSIS Case Report Drug Combinations/THERAPEUTIC USE Homosexuality Human Male Pneumocystis carinii/IMMUNOLOGY Pneumonia, Pneumocystis carinii/*DIAGNOSIS/ETIOLOGY/ PHYSIOPATHOLOGY/THERAPY Sulfamethoxazole/THERAPEUTIC USE Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Trimethoprim/THERAPEUTIC USE JOURNAL ARTICLE

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