Pneumocystis carinii (jíroveci) pneumonia (PCP) in ICU patients with hematological malignancies

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Authors

SKŘIČKOVÁ Jana MAYER Jiří VORLÍČEK Jiří ZNOJIL Vladimír MERTA Zdeněk

Year of publication 2004
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source European Respiratory Journal
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Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Field Oncology and hematology
Keywords pneumocystis carinii (jíroveci) pneumonia; hiv-negative patients; clinical picture
Description Over 7 years, 179 HIV-negative patients were examined with suspicion on PCP. Of them, 120 (67%) were ICU patients with hematological malignancies. PCP was established in 39 (32.5%)of 120 patients so-called typical X-ray picture was not invariably found. Complete or partial improvement occurred in 30 (76.9%) patients.
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