Open AccessPneumocystis carinii Pneumonia in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Uninfected Patient with Sickle Cell Crisis
Author(s) -
Phuc Le,
Alan J. Hunter
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/317459
Subject(s) - pneumocystis carinii , medicine , immunosuppression , pneumonia , immunology , respiratory disease , opportunistic infection , immunopathology , virology , aids related opportunistic infections , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral disease , sida , lung , pneumocystis jirovecii
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) usually occurs in the setting of preexisting immunosuppression. We present a case of PCP that occurred in an HIV-negative woman with severe sickle cell disease.
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