Early Predictors of Mortality from Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia in HIV-Infected Patients: 1985-2006 | Zendy

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Early Predictors of Mortality from Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia in HIV-Infected Patients: 1985-2006

Author(s) -

P D Walzer,

Hannah Evans,

Andrew Copas,

SG Edwards,

Alison D. Grant,

Robert F. Miller

Publication year - 2008

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 - 10.1086/526778

Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , case fatality rate , pneumocystis jirovecii , pneumonia , pneumocystis pneumonia , intensive care unit , comorbidity , confidence interval , pediatrics , epidemiology

Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) remains the leading cause of opportunistic infection among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected persons. Previous studies of PCP that identified case-fatality risk factors involved small numbers of patients, were performed over few years, and often focused on patients who were admitted to the intensive care unit.

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