Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia: High-resolution CT findings in patients with and without HIV infection

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Kanne, Jeffrey P ^a   Yandow, Donald R ^b   Meyer, Cristopher A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

High resolution ct; HIV; Immunocompromise; Pneumonia; Transplant

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPSONE; PENTAMIDINE; PRIMAQUINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84861618537     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.7329     Document Type: Review

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