Pneumocystis choroiditis
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Pneumocystis hepatitis and choroiditis despite successful aerosolized pentamidine pulmonary prophylaxis.
A patient who developed Pneumocystis carinii hepatitis and choroiditis despite receiving prophylactic pentamidine therapy by aerosol is described. Liver biopsy showed histology typical of Pneumocystis hepatitis, but his respiratory status was stable and his lungs were free of P carinii organisms on BAL. Thus, inhaled pentamidine prophylaxis did not prevent extrapulmonary pneumocystosis. Patient...
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عنوان ژورنال: Eye
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0950-222X,1476-5454
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2009.52