Retrospective review of pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia over two decades

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 200-201

  Travis, J ^a   Hart, E ^a   Helm, J ^a   Duncan, T ^a   Vilar, J ^a  

^a NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intensive care; Mortality; PJP; Pneumocystis carinii; Pneumocystis jirovecii

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 62249140263     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008198     Document Type: Review

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