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Fatal Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in a HIV-negative adult

Pneumocystis jirovecii is responsible for P. jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) in immunocompromised individuals, with a recent rise of cases noted in non-HIV patients. A middle-aged man presented with new-onset cough, fever, hypoxia and tachypnoea. He was on a tapering course of dexamethasone for amiodarone...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ Case Rep
Hauptverfasser: Mahfood Haddad, Toufik, Vallabhajosyula, Saraschandra, Nawaz, Muhammad Sarfraz, Vivekanandan, Renuga
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: BMJ Publishing Group 2015
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4550900/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26311008
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2015-210117
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