Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PJP) is one of the major infections in patients with impaired immunity. The entity is common in HIV-seropositive individuals but quite very rare in HIV-seronegative individuals especially children. We report here a case of 16-week-old HIV-seronegative infant with chief complaint of chronic cough of one month of evolution. Sweat chloride test for diagnosis of cys...

Pneumocysis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) is a type of originating from the fungus Pneumocystis jiroveci and major cause serious in immunocompromised conditions. PJP typically appears as bilateral diffuse pulmonary infiltrates. Granulomatous an uncommon form pneumocystis infection, occurring only 3% to 5% patients. Calcification exceptional. We present 9-month-old boy affected by Severe Combined Im...

DOI: 10.4046/trd.2009.67.2.127 ISSN: 1738-3536(Print)/2005-6184(Online) Tuberc Respir Dis 2009;67:127-130 CopyrightC2009. The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases. All rights reserved. Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia Mimicking Miliary Tuberculosis in a Kidney Transplanted Patient Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the preventive effects of prophylaxis against Pneumocystis jiroveci-induced pneumonia (PCP) in patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who are colonized by this organism. METHODS We performed molecular testing by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for P. jiroveci on induced sputum or bronchoalveolar lavage fluids of 82 patients with RA. Dur...

Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PJP) opportunistically targets immunosuppressed patients, most notably those with advanced HIV/AIDS. Radiologically, PJP typically appears as bilateral diffuse pulmonary infiltrates. Herein an unusual case of an immunocompetent woman developing granulomatous PJP in the absence of evident risk factors is described. PJP may be an under-recognized cause of pulmonar...

The pulmonary manifestations of HIV disease in 2005 can be divided into two sets of presentations. For patients who do not have access to care, and who are not taking antiretroviral or chemoprophylactic drugs, opportunistic infections and neoplasms continue to occur. Pulmonary disease caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, Pneumocystis carinii (now known as Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia; PCP), M...

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