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Abstract: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), Kaposi s sarcoma (KS), and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia are discussed under the following headings: major clinical findings in AIDS; KS; clinical findings in KS; pathogenesis of KS; treatment of KS; Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia; and other opportunistic infections. The maj ...
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Abstract: This study reports on a first case of granulomatous Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) in a human immunodeficiency virus-negative patient with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-positive Wegener s granulomatosis whilst receiving immunosuppressive treatment. The patient presented with diffuse alveolar haemorrhage, p ...
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Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To compare the spectrum of pulmonary disease in human immunodeficiency virus positive patients of African and European origin, with particular reference to Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. DESIGN: Descriptive study with retrospective record review. SETTING: Tertiary care, university teaching hospitals in Joh ...
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Abstract: RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: To ascertain whether the quality of care received by patients with HIV-related Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) differs based on their source of health care coverage. STUDY POPULATION: A multi-staged, random sample of 2,220 patients who were hospitalized between 1987 and 1990 for the most costl ...
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Abstract: Objective: In a systemtic overview we examined the efficacy of aerosolized pentamidine, trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole and dapsone or dapsone/pyrimethamine for the prevention of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and toxoplasmic encephalitis in patients with HIV infection. Methods: We identified all randomized controlled ...
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Abstract: OBJECTIVES: Identify prognosis factors in Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia at diagnosis and construct a model to predict mortality according to these prognosis factors. METHODS: Seventy-seven consecutive cases of proven AIDS-related Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (67 men, 10 women, mean age 37.2 years) were reviewed to ...
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Abstract: In a systemtic overview we examined the efficacy of aerosolized pentamidine, trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole and dapsone or dapsone/pyrimethamine for the prevention of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and toxoplasmic encephalitis in patients with HIV infection. <p><b>METHODS</b>: We identified all randomized controlled ...
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Abstract: BACKGROUND: Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) occurs in immunocompromised patients without the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). There has been an increasing yearly number of cases of PCP in our patients without AIDS. OBJECTIVE: To determine the nature of the underlying disorder and previous immunosuppress ...
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Abstract: OBJECTIVES--To determine the incidence of symptomatic urinary tract infections in HIV seropositive patients and to assess whether this varies with stage of disease, risk group or the use of co-trimoxazole as prophylaxis against Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. METHODS--A retrospective case note review of 175 HIV-infect ...
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Abstract: To assess the sensitivity and negative predictive value of sputum examination for Pneumocystis carinii in HIV-positive patients, follow-ups were performed in HIV-infected patients who had been investigated for the presence of Pneumocystis carinii (376 examinations of sputum and 71 bronchoalveolar lavages). Pneumocysti ...
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Abstract: BACKGROUND: We report on a retrospective study in 544 HIV-positive patients, (42 women, 502 men, mean age 35 years) showing CD4 lymphocyte counts below 200 c/mcl or after their cure of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, who received 300 mg pentamidine aerosol as prophylaxis against Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia every fo ...
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Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the risk factors and the natural history of spontaneous pneumothorax in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV). METHODS: We studied eight HIV infected patients with spontaneous pneumothorax. Variables assessed included sex, age, risk factor for HIV infection, use of Pneumocys ...
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Abstract: OBJECTIVE--To describe epidemiologic characteristics of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) among children with perinatally acquired human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection to guide prevention efforts. DESIGN--National acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) surveillance of children aged 0 through 12 years, a ...
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Abstract: Cavitating necrosis is rare in Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. In this report, we describe an autopsy patient with adult T-cell leukemia associated with cavitating Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. The patient, a 61-year-old woman, died of an acute crisis of adult T-cell leukemia associated with diffuse pulmonary infect ...
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Abstract: The efficacy of chemoprophylaxis against Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) was evaluated in 162 HIV infected children followed at our institution since 1982. Prophylaxis was defined as a minimum of 2 weeks of bactrim, dapsone or 2 weeks after a monthly dose of pentamidine. 45 children were on prophylaxis, and 115 cn ...
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Abstract: The efficacy of chemoprophylaxis against Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia ( PCP ) was evaluated in 162 HIV infected children followed at our institution since 1982. Prophylaxis was defined as a minimum of 2 weeks of bactrim, dapsone or 2 weeks after a monthly dose of pentamidine. 45 children were on prophylaxis, and 115 ...
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Abstract: A 50-year-old man, who developed bronchial asthma at the age of 43 and was treated continuously with corticosteroids from the beginning of the first treatment, was admitted with exacerbation of exertional dyspnea. In spite of various treatments for bronchial asthma, such as theophylline, beta-stimulants, anti-allergic ...
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Abstract: 566C80 Receives Treatment IND Status for AIDS Related Use. FDA Talk Paper - November 12, 1991 Food and Drug Administration. The Food and Drug Administration has authorized pre-approval distribution of 566C80 - an experimental drug for treating Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, a potentially life-thre ...
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Abstract: Effective prophylaxis exists against Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, a major cause of illness and death among human immunodeficiency virus-infected children and adults. While adults with CD4 counts less than 0.2 x 10(9)/L are at highest risk for Pneumocystis carinii, clinical or laboratory markers of high risk in chil ...
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Abstract: In the first evaluation of an uncontrolled multicenter study on inhalative pentamidine prophylaxis (300 mg pentamidine-isethionate monthly) of pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in immunocompromised patients, 48 patients (all 48 patients HIV1-infected, 36 without preceding pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (primary prophylax ...
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Abstract: In an open prospective study in the AIDS Outpatient Department of the Frankfurt University Clinic the efficacy of pentamidine aerosol at a dosage of 200 mg every 14 days in the primary and secondary prophylaxis of pneumocystis carinii pneumonia was tested. The incidence of pneumocystis carinii pneumonia was reduced by ...
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Abstract: Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia is one of the most frequent infectious complications in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). A prospective trial was initiated to compare azidothymidine alone with azidothymidine plus aerosolized pentamidine as a secondary prophylaxis for pneumocystis carinii pneu ...
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Abstract: We have reviewed admission data, some diagnostic tests, treatment and outcome of 31 male homosexual patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus with 37 consecutive episodes of presumptive Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia treated at the infectious disease unit, Auckland Hospital, between 1985 and 30 June 1988 ...
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Abstract: The elevation of plasma lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) is a common phenomenon during pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in AIDS. Prospectively we evaluated the reliability of LDH elevation to predict severe respiratory distress; arterial oxygen pressure (P02) less than 60 mmHg; during pneumocystis carinii pneumonia ( ...
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Abstract: The acquired immune deficiency syndrome is characterized by the development of multiple recurrent opportunistic infections or unusual neoplasms in individuals with no prior history of immune suppression. This report summarizes the thoracic diseases encountered in such patients before after death and the role of diagno ...
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Abstract: 51 patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and with suspected Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia underwent sputum induction. Sputum specimens from 18 patients were positive for P carinii and patients were treated appropriately 25 of the 33 patients with negative specimens underwent bronchoscopy and b ...
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Abstract: Nebulised pentamidine was used to treat 30 patients with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Fourteen patients (group 1) received pentamidine isethionate 4 mg/kg (six patients) or 8 mg/kg (eight patients) via a standard jet nebuliser (Acorn, system 22) with a flow rate of 8 l/min. The aerosol droplets had a mass median ae ...
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Abstract: Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia was diagnosed by bronchoalveolar lavage of the upper lobes in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) receiving aerosol pentamidine prophylaxis. Serendipitous availability of a normal premorbid lung gallium scan indicated that pneumocystosis had developed during aero ...
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Abstract: From 1982 to 1987, 22 patients with proven Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia were diagnosed at Wellington Hospital. Patients comprised 15 males and 7 females aged 15-76 years and included seven with AIDS, eight with haematological malignancy and seven with renal disease. Two distinct clinical prodromes occurred. In renal ...
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Abstract: To assess determinants of prognosis for 43 patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, objective clinical and histopathologic characteristics were analyzed for acute and long-term prognostic significance. Severe abnormalities on initial chest radiographs and alveolar ...
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